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101 Years Young, 250 Years Strong: Honoring a WWII Marine for the Corps’ 250th Birthday

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – In the center of the yellow brightly lit bedroom of the hospice center, 101-year-old World War II veteran U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. John Grimes lay quietly watching his television. Unbeknownst to him, behind the door of his room at the Jefferson in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 10, 2025, three Marines with the Quantico Ceremonial Platoon were just outside his room with balloons and a cake. It wasn’t Grimes’ birthday th…
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DVIDS broke the news in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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