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I'm Stacey Morgan , command spouse at

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US Army Garrison Quadulon Atoll , which

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includes this island of Royamore . On

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February 1 , 1944 , my grandfather ,

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Private First Class Charles Cook ,

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landed here on this beach code named

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Green Beach as part of the 4th Marine

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Division invasion force during

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Operation Flintlock . Together with the

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7th Infantry Division on Quadulin ,

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they liberated the Marshall Islands and

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brought us one step closer to the end

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of World War II . Securing this island

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was essential to Allied victory , and

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it was paid for in American blood .

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Quadulla Nato remains today as it was

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then , key terrain in the Pacific . It

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is important to the security of our

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nation and it is also what it has

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always been for generations of

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Marshallese people , the place we call

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home . It is my honor and

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privilege to live and work where my

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grandfather and his fellow soldiers

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bravely fought , some making the

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ultimate sacrifice for our freedom .

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Let us humbly remember their bravery

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and fortitude as we commemorate

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Operation Flintlock and the Allied

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victory in the Pacific . God bless

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America and God bless Team quash , one

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team .