 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-19-1995
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA -- `IT WAS MURDER' N.J. VETERANS DESCRIBE
ISLAND'S KILLING FIELDS
By MIKE KELLY
Date: 02-19-1995, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday
Bernard Gingras sits in the quiet morning of a winter's day and
runs a finger down a wrinkled piece of V-mail stationery that captures a
moment in his youth. He pauses at each name, scribbled in...
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