Former Marine Corps Pfc. James Krodel, a World War II veteran and native of Quitman, Texas, holds a bag of sand from the shores of Iwo Jima given to him by Petty Officer 1st Class Josh Lamborn, a yeoman stationed at Coast Guard Base Honolulu and native of Santa Ana, Calif., before an American Airline honor flight back to Los Angeles at the Honolulu International Airport, Dec. 9, 2016. Lamborn served in the Marine Corps prior to joining the Coast Guard and had collected a small bit of sand during a deployment to Iwo Jima.

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