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Major Ahmed Khalil honors Iwo Jima legacy at Fall River City ceremony
Summary
Major Ahmed Khalil, a U.S. Marine Corps logistics and foreign area officer, delivered a keynote at a Fall River City Memorial service that recalled the Battle of Iwo Jima and connected the island’s legacy to the service of today’s Marines. A Gold Star mother recited a poem and an Iwo Jima veteran attended the event.
Major Ahmed Khalil, a U.S. Marine Corps logistics officer and foreign area officer, delivered the keynote at a Memorial service in Fall River City, recalling the Battle of Iwo Jima and honoring those who served.
Khalil said the campaign in February 1945 helped “provide a vital staging area for a final push towards Japan,” and called Iwo Jima “a crucible” in which the Marine Corps’ legacy of “sacrifice and honor was etched into history.”
The address placed the wartime image of six men raising a flag atop Mount…
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