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Don Graves: A Marine’s Story from Iwo Jima (Teaser)

05/19/25 | 30s | Rating: NR

On the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, the National Memorial Day Concert honors the millions of the Greatest Generation who served on the front lines and the home front. Among them is U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Don Graves, a flamethrower who stormed the black sands of Iwo Jima with the 5th Marine Division in one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history.

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The National Memorial Day Concert is sponsored by Lockheed Martin and Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans and made possible by the National Park Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Department of the Army, General Dynamics, 84 Lumber and public television stations nationwide. All travel is provided by American Airlines.

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