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- Person: Jose Calugas, 4 Jun 2025
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- News: US Women's Army Corps "Six Triple Eight" Awarded with Congressional Gold Medal, 30 Apr 2025
- News: Wreck of Soviet Submarine M-49 Found, 10 Apr 2025
- News: Japanese Emperor Visited Iwoto (Iwo Jima), 8 Apr 2025
- News: Race, Holocaust, and African-American WW2 Histories Removed from the US Naval Academy Library, 7 Apr 2025
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