VETERANS DAY

November 17, 2021

Montford Point Marines veterans wave to the crowd during the Veterans Day parade Thursday, Nov. 11, as it makes its way along Boundary Street. Photos by Bob Sofaly.

The Parris Island Marine Band entertained with patriotic music during the Salute to Service Military Appreciation on Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Naval Heritage Park in Port Royal.

Retired Lt. Col. Ray Stocks, a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, was this year’s Veterans Day Parade Grand Marshall.

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