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2013/05/23 23:50
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FLEMING ISLAND | It started as a “milk run” mission for a Marine squadron in the Pacific during World War II – relocate their fighter planes out of harm’s way. Planned as a one-day mission on Jan....
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2013/05/23 13:38
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This story was updated on May 21 at 1:15 p.m. Eckehard Muessig was just 18 years old when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps right out of high school in 1943. Trained as a machine gunner, he...
2013/05/22 01:56
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It shouldn’t take this long. And it might have taken longer were it not for action by several lawmakers, most notably North Carolina’s two U.S. senators, who share credit for keeping what the...
2013/05/19 21:56
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This is the former Hadnot Point fuel farm, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune's main fuel depot until it was ordered closed in the 1980s. At one point, a layer of gasoline 15 feet thick floated atop the...
2013/05/19 10:54
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ALLEN G. BREED, MICHAEL BIESECKER and MARTHA WAGGONER , The Associated Press Posted: Sunday, May 19, 2013, 5:51 AM "That's knock-your-socks-off level , even back then," said Kaltofen, who worked on...
2013/05/19 01:16
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 AND THEREAFTER - Cars enter the main gate at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. on Friday, Dec. 2, 2005. The sprawling military installation is the site of one of...
2013/05/15 21:07
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their...
2013/05/15 01:27
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Kiribati leads Pacific in sanitation Photo:UNICEF says achieving sanitation access on North Tarawa is a major leap for Kiribati becoming a completely open defecation-free nation.(UNICEF...
2013/05/13 01:17
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The Cook Islands Parliament Building - Source: ONE News Judge says family law in time warp A prominent New Zealand judge appointed to the Cook Islands High Court says family law there is in a time...
2013/05/09 03:30
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Solomon Islands Working to Repatriate Rescued Kiribati MenThursday, 9 May 2013, 2:43 pmPress Release: Solomon Islands GovernmentSolomon Islands Authorities Work to Repatriate Rescued Kiribati...
2013/05/01 18:11
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The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing British mariner who fell overboard from a 38-foot sailing vessel in the North Pacific early Sunday. The Coast Guard and U.S. Navy crews searched...
2013/04/30 16:43
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An annular eclipse of the Sun, when a ring of everyday Sun remains around the Moon's silhouette, will sweep across the Australian outback and into the Pacific Ocean on the morning of May 10, local...
2013/04/29 03:10
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The Coast Guard and Navy today rescued one civilian from a sailboat in distress and are searching for another who fell overboard 500 miles west of Midway Atoll. Both are British citizens who were...
2013/04/26 01:28
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Minister of Veterans’ Affairs Pacific War Commemorative Service addressBourail, New CaledoniaVeterans, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to address you on this...