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Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig, a World War II veteran and an Iwo Jima survivor, tells how he survived “26 days in hell” while speaking from his home in Galloway, N.J.

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Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig, a World War II veteran and an Iwo Jima survivor, tells how he survived “26 days in hell” while speaking from his home in Galloway, N.J.

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