Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, right, laughs with retired Staff Sgt. Charles G. Manuel, Jr., before a cake cutting ceremony in observance of the Marine Corps’ birthday, Arlington, Va., Nov. 9, 2016. Manuel, 93, served in the Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946 and was the oldest Marine present at the ceremony.

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