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Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Larry Snowden, chairman of the Iwo Jima Association of America, left, presents U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway with a war document that he carried home from the Battle of Iwo Jima at the 65th anniversary commemoration of the battle held at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Feb. 19, 2010.

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Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Larry Snowden, chairman of the Iwo Jima Association of America, left, presents U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway with a war document that he carried home from the Battle of Iwo Jima at the 65th anniversary commemoration of the battle held at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Feb. 19, 2010.

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