A highlight of the celebration will be the flyover by Dragon
Flight, the March Field Aero Club Formation Flying Team, which
performs at air shows, parades and memorials throughout the
Southwestern United States to honor those who have served our nation
and those who continue to serve our nation as members of the United
States Armed Forces.
Draper's journey back to Iwo Jima, video conference and webcast are
sponsored by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association (AMMA) as part of a
documentary the organization is filming about Draper.

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Captain Dye spent 13 years as an
enlisted Marine, rising to the rank of Master Sergeant before he was
chosen to attend Officer Candidate School."
Draper, who never returned to Iwo Jima since he left 60 years ago as an
injured Marine, will join nearly 80 other WWII veterans in a historic trip
back to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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Renowned Dragon Flight, the March Field Aero Club Formation Flying
Team, to Conduct Military Flyover and Invocation to Be Led by Chaplain
Major Mark Hammond, 40th DISCOM, California Army National Guard

Forest Lawn(R) today announced that Captain Dale Dye, KFI-640
Radio Commentator, Highly Decorated Retired Marine, and Advisor for
"Platoon" and "Casualties of War," will keynote the 9th annual
Memorial Day celebration at Covina Hills. in Covina. Forest Lawn
regularly hosts a variety of cultural and civic programs as part of
its commitment to providing Southern California residents with
educational and cultural events that celebrate meaningful moments in
life from around the world. Iwo Jima was
strategically important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting
long-range bombing missions against mainland Japan.

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Captain Dale Dye KFI-640 Radio Commentator and Highly Decorated Retired Marine Featured as Keynote Speaker for Forest Lawn-Covina Hills' 9th Annual Memorial

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com/today on Monday, March 14, 4 p. Draper was instead honored to send the coded message, "We have raised
the flag, we have taken the hill.

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The March Field Aero Club was awarded the honor of the "Best Aero
Club" in the Strategic Air Command from 1983-1991; the "Best Aero
Club" in the Air Mobility Command for the years 1992 and 1993, and
the United States Air Force Flying Safety Award from 1981-1998 for
Dragon Flight flying the Mentor T-34, a two-place, tandem seat,
single-engine training aircraft. Weighing 3,000 pounds and capable of
a maximum speed of 250 MPH, the T-34 was flown on active duty by the
United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps until the 1970s. Leon R.
(Eastern Standard Time) featuring the remarkable journey of Teddy Draper , a
Navajo Code Talker from Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, back to the battlegrounds
of Iwo Jima.S .

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In partnership with War
in the Pacific National Historical Park Service in Guam and the Navajo Nation,
AMMA is creating the documentary on Draper in hopes of educating people around
the world about the remarkable contributions and sacrifices made by veterans
of World War II in the Pacific .

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Marine Corp (Ret) Legion Of Valor will place the memorial wreath
in memory of those who served.

Forest Lawn-Covina Hills is located at 21300 Via
Verde Dr.

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Webcast Alert: Live Broadcast Over the Internet Featuring WWII Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper's Historic Trip Back to the Battlegrounds of Iwo Jima for the Fi

An internet replay of the webcast along with additional video
and photos will also be available at http://www. The documentary when completed, will be
available free to teachers throughout the U.

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The webcast will feature Draper, who earned a Purple Heart and Silver Star
for his services, sharing his experiences, video footage and photos via a
live , four-way video conference between MidPacific Institute sixth graders in
Hawaii, Dine' College students in the Navajo Nation, and Prairie Wind Middle
School sixth graders in Minnesota.

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Beginning at 10:00 a. The
T-34 was designed to meet our nations' requirement for a rugged,
primary flight training aircraft and to prepare student pilots for the
transition to heavier, faster, and higher performance , jet aircraft. He served in Vietnam in 1965, and from 1967 through 1970
survived 31 major combat operations.
He has received numerous military honors and decorations including
a Bronze Star with a "V" for Valor for his service in Vietnam in 1968,
three purple hearts, a Meritorious Service Medal , two Navy
Commendation Medals with Combat "V" Device and a Navy Achievement
Medal, a Joint Service Commendation Medal, The Air Force Commendation
Medal, Combat Action Ribbon (Vietnam and Beirut), a Vietnamese Honor
Medal 1st Class and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.The Webcast Will Feature a Live, Four-Way Video Conference Between Draper and
School Children in Hawaii, Navajo Nation and Minnesota as He Shares His
Experiences Along With Video Footage and Photos

HONOLULU, The public is invited to log onto a live
webcast at http://www.pearlharbormemorial .pearlharbormemorial.

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The complex syntax and
complicated tonal qualities of the Navajo language could baffle even the most
experienced linguists.

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After working for a year at Soldier of Fortune magazine , Captain
Dye retired, but before leaving, he spent time in Central America,
reporting and training troops in guerrilla warfare techniques in El
Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.m. Many WWII veterans viewed the Code Talkers'
contributions to the war effort as monumental.

Examples include t-shirts , hats, patches, posters, and mugs.

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" He has been involved with
numerous TV projects including "L.

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Dale Dye was enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January
1964." Captain Dye was the exclusive design consultant for the
Medal of Honor Series Video Games. The 36-day battle for Iwo
Jima cost the United State more than 26,000 casualties including the lives of
almost 7,000 U.

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,
this free event is expected to attract more than 1,000 Southern
Californians in Celebrating American Patriots . He is a
Legionnaire of the Order of Saint Maurice, the Ancient and Honorable
Order of Infantrymen . Captain Dye embarked on a new
career in Hollywood, and has played a crucial role in over 30 feature
films including "Born on the Fourth of July," "Saving Private Ryan,"
"Mission Impossible" and "Wag the Dog.A."
The Sounds Of Harmony Sweet Adelines International and Bagpiper
Greg Beckman will provide patriotic music. Burns
U.S.com/today
beginning March 25, 2005 through March 25, 2006 .

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Appointed a Warrant Officer
in 1976, he later converted his commission and was sent to Beirut as a
Captain with the Multinational Peacekeeping Force in 1982-83.com.
As a World War II Navajo Code Talker, Draper used a special code based on
the unwritten Navajo language to transmit American battle messages, that were
impossible for the Japanese enemy to decipher.

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Founded in 1906, Forest Lawn serves Southern
California through its six locations -- Glendale, Hollywood Hills ,
Cypress, Covina Hills, Long Beach, and Claremont. Japan reported approximately 21,800 dead and
about 200 were taken as prisoners of war.S.

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Draper remembers turning down the offer to be in the Pulitzer Prize-
winning photo of the Marines raising the American flag on the summit of Mount
Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima due to his secret position as a Code
Talker.

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The event is free and open to the
public, and souvenirs and refreshments for all attendees will be
provided.

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In addition, he has consulted on
several books: "Run Between the Raindrops," "Outrage ," "Platoon,"
"Conduct Unbecoming," and "Duty + Dishonor. Gunnery Sgt. For more information, call 1-800-204-3131 or go to
www.

About Forest Lawn

Forest Lawn is the community resource where families and friends
turn to celebrate life -- from weddings and baptisms to funerals and
family history. The public will be able to watch the live
video conference via the webcast.

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m. As one Marine Corps signal
officer summed up the situation after the war: "Were it not for the Navajo
Code Talkers , the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima and other places.

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Law" and was both an actor and
military advisor for the Emmy Award-winning HBO series "Band of
Brothers. The
invasion of Iwo Jima, a small island located 660 miles south of Tokyo,
occurred from February 19 through most of March 1945 .

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Calendar Editors/Community Editors

COVINA HILLS, Calif.

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