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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and James P. Clements, president of West Virginia University, lay a wreath at the mast and bell from the USS West Virginia, April 20, 2010.

WEST VIRGINIA WREATH

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and James P. Clements, president of West Virginia University, lay a wreath at the mast and bell from the USS West Virginia, April 20, 2010.

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