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Pearl Harbor, D-Day war heroes at Lathrop Memorial Day program
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The laying of the wreath on the Veterans Memorial Wall at Valverde Park in Lathrop with Mayor J. Chaka Santos, left, and HMC Clifton Barnett of the US Navy during Mondays Memorial Day program. - photo by ROSE ALBANO RISSO
LATHROP – The bombing of Pearl Harbor. The invasion of France at Normandy. The Battle of the Bulge.On Monday, during the Memorial Day event at Valverde Park in Lathrop, these were not just words from a World War II history book.