LEI FROM VETS, FOR VETS: World War II 100th Battalion veterans presented lei to the current 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry. The presentation was part of the 2006 Lei Tribute for Companies D and HHC of the 100th/442nd, in which 82 soldiers who were sent to Iraq received leis from the WWII veterans.
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