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♦ Granted this artifact in 2006 by the USS Arizona Relics Program, the VMM is one of a very limited number of museums and memorials to be granted the right to display this important piece of history.
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♦ The "DING HAO", flown by Major James Howell Howard, US Army Air Corps. He won the Congressional Medal of Honor for an air battle near Berlin, Germany in 1944. He had 2 confirmed kills, 2 suspected kills, and 2 more probable kills.
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♦ New exhibit featuring the Silver Star and personally signed copy of the medal winner's own account of his exploits in the US Marine Corps during WWII. (IWO JIMA - THE YOUNG HEROES)
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♦ This new display features multiple artifacts of the US Merchant Marine from the WWII era.
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