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June 14

2019: Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke visits Beaufort. At a roundtable discussion at Tabernacle Baptist Church, O’Rourke answers a diverse collection of questions, mostly posed by leaders of the black community, including Queen Quet of the Gullah Geechee Nation and Rev. Kenneth Hodges.

June 15

1943: Naval Air Station Beaufort is commissioned for advanced training operations of anti-submarine patrols during World War II

1976: Joe Frazier loses to George Foreman by TKO in an NABF heavyweight title fight in Hempstead, New York. It would be Frazier’s last fight for more than 5 years.

June 18

2020: Col. Karl R. Arborgast takes command of MCAS Beaufort from Col. Timothy P. Miller.

June 19

2020: Brig. Gen. Julie Nethercot takes command of MCRD Parris Island from Maj. Gen. James Glynn.

– Compiled by Mike McCombs

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