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Lee Earl Mason Sr., almost 96, was the third veteran honored with a Quilt of Valor that day. A life member of VFW Post 8947, he served as coxswain in the U.S. Navy, Standard Landing Craft, Unit #34, in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, from March 1944 to May 1946. He was part of the amphibious navy on Ulysses Atoll, where Admiral Chester Nimitz was preparing to stage a secret attack on Japan. Commander Charles Alvarez of the American Legion Post 116 in Mineral talks with Quilts of Valor recipients wrapped in their quilts (far left, Melvin Edwards, center, George Marshall, and far right, Lee Earl Mason (photo by Richard Hinde Photography). WWW.LAKEANNACONNECTIONS.COM 42