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March 1

1960: Naval Air Station Beaufort is recommissioned as Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

March 2

1975: Beaufort native Joe Frazier (32-2) defeats Jimmy Ellis by TKO in Melbourne, Australia for his final professional win.

March 4

2016: Donald Patrick “Pat” Conroy, an author for whom Beaufort plays a prominent role both in his works and his life, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 70. Among Conroy’s works are “The Water Is Wide,” “The Lords of Discipline,” “The Prince of Tides” and “The Great Santini.”

— Compiled by Mike McCombs

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