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A veteran wearing a ballcap with the words "Pearl Harbor Survivor" stitched on it

Retired Marine Corps Sgt. John Egan

Retired Marine Corps Sgt. John Egan speaks during a Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremony at RAF Molesworth, England, Dec. 7, 2015. Egan was aboard the USS San Francisco during the attack. He later received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in the Battle of Guadalcanal.

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