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Aug 28, 2014

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Col. Kenneth M. DeTreux, the commanding officer of 8th Marine Regiment and native of Philadelphia, Penn., gives a speech honoring Cpl. Johnathan T. Yale and Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter during a ceremony to rename Wallace Creek Dining Hall in their honor Aug. 28, 2014, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. Yale and Haerter died protecting their fellow Marines in Iraq when they engaged and stopped a truck loaded with 2,000 pounds of explosives before it reached its intended target in April 2008. Both Marines were posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michelle M. Mohn)

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