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Marine's Honoring My Grandfather

Marine's playing Taps at my grandfather's burial at the Houston Veteran's National Cemetery on October 10, 2013. James M. Blakeman, May 5, 1923 - October 4, 2...
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Marine's playing Taps at my grandfather's burial at the Houston Veteran's National Cemetery on October 10, 2013. James M. Blakeman, May 5, 1923 - October 4, 2013.

A contribution from someone who meet him in 2005:
James was the rigger who packed the parachute my father-in-law, Ray Boag, used to float to safety (I guess the shark-infested ocean is safer than the skies when Japanese Zeros are shooting at you) on 11 July 1943.
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God bless your grandfather. Where did he serve?

Guadalcanal

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Semper Fi & RIP Marine! Love this foto, Great Capture, I was in the Funeral Detail before getting out of the Marines. Thank your family for his service.

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