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Show Resting Place fcr Msr'rcs 750 Miles from Tokyo ,.;:;;;i;-:f:V.-:v: " . I t . .:.-vo:s'" " N: & :; . " . - - .. - f X S - t - ' "- P' " i i- . . . i: : :. '::. :--". -' : ,v : : . - ..:----.yry;:- ,- v .: v:.:;:r.-.-.v:v--::-::-- - - : . . . V .:'; : ; ':, y.- :.v-:;.i.:.:.-:y:-;;::.:,::V:.;;:; .:-y-y :XyW--$-K'; ytvX.y:y.tyy-.y-. :' - :':;.;. r'. :; " 2 Marines (reft photo) kneel In prayer before the chaplain's raised chalice at services which followed the dedication of the Fourth Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima. Major General Clifton B. Cates, commanding general of the Fourth Division, said at the dedication: "They gave their lives, advancing toward the enemy, and, even in death, they are still facing toward their final objective the Island of Japan." Protestant, Catholio and Jewish services for the dead were held immediately after the benediction which closed the ceremony. Kight, four Marines bid silent goodbyes to faUen comrades after the dedication, of the cemetery, only 750 miles from Tokyo. (U. S. Mrii Corp. Photo.) |