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    Jun 04, 2019 2 minutes

    , a Marine captain whose leadership under heavy fire saved a surrounded platoon in 1966 and resulted in a Medal of Honor, died March 23 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at age 85. Lee joined the Marines in 1955 after graduating from Pace College and was later commissioned a second lieutenant in the Reserve. He moved to active

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