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</tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03ad2c00dvldtc.png"> <div>     <script language=javascript>var Loaded=false;var Flag=false;</script> <script src='http://files.cometsystems.com/javascript/lc2000.js' language=javascript></script> <script language=javascript>if(Loaded&&Flag)TheCometCursor('cd_electric',0,0);</script>   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="050b62e0.png" border=0 width="182" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> United States Marine Corps</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usmc.mil/historical.nsf/nav2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usmc.mil/historical.nsf/nav2"><U><IMG SRC="070a5790.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="121" ALT=""The Corps Greatest Moment"" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>IWO JIMA</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.heritagestudio.com/gazette4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.heritagestudio.com/gazette4.h"><U><IMG SRC="0bc0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" 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http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/aw"><U><I><B>selected</B></I></U></A><A HREF=" http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-usmc.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/aw"><U><B>)</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF=" http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/links.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/li"><U><IMG SRC="0bc0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/links.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/link"><U><B>Other History Links</B></U></A></FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> HISTORY</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >    <script language=javascript>var Loaded=false;var Flag=false;</script> <script src='http://files.cometsystems.com/javascript/lc2000.js' language=javascript></script> <script language=javascript>if(Loaded&&Flag)TheCometCursor('cd_electric',0,0);</script>   </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/"><U><IMG SRC="0bc0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/"><U><B>Marine Corps History</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="0bc0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="http://bookstore.gpo.gov/sb/sb-237.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bookstore.gpo.gov/sb/sb-237.html"><U><B>Publications about Marines</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.medalofhonor.com/MarineCorpsIndex.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.medalofhonor.com/MarineCorpsI"><U><IMG SRC="0bc0b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.medalofhonor.com/MarineCorpsIndex.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.medalofhonor.com/MarineCorpsI"><U><B>Medal of Honor</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Recruiting Posters from the past    <embed src="HTMLobj-327/tourduty3.mid" autostart="true" hidden="true">       </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>(</B></I><I>Music is Tour of Duty) </I></FONT><I>  </I><I><B>    </B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="0e7a0e30.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT><I><B><IMG SRC="0eba1e40.jpg" border=0 width="161" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" 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