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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/23/2018 9:38:57 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:06:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		At this point, almost everyone gets dropped off at the skiff so they could return to the dive boat and do the afternoon dive. But I and Susan&Brett Hughes stay behind for an extended tour. It will turn out that this extra will be well worth it.

We take a shortcut across the airfield and checked out the two LVTs that we did the drive by during my first trip.




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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:07:54 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:09:03 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:09:38 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:10:13 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:11:00 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:11:30 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:12:37 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:13:08 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:13:49 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:14:15 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:15:34 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:16:55 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:17:31 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 6:18:15 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:18:03 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:20:30 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:20:57 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:21:40 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:23:14 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:24:02 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:24:34 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:25:24 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:25:48 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:26:20 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:27:03 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:27:32 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 7:28:58 PM   
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/29/2018 9:32:30 PM   
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