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My grandfather was on the Hornet when it went down at Santa Cruz. War was over for him and spent the rest of his life on disability. I had an uncle on the USS Massachusetts who saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. We didn't know it until his funeral in 2013, but he was awarded 3 bronze stars and a silver star. His own kids never knew. My aunt put it in his obituary which she had prepared even before her death 2 years prior and no one saw it until then.
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