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DVIDS (CENTCOM / DoD): The Legacy Continues: Retired Submariner Returns to Guam 50 Years Later

Fifty years after raising the national colors in Guam for America’s bicentennial, retired Navy Cmdr. Allan Riggs returned to the island July 4 to commemorate the nation’s 250th birthday alongside a new generation of submariners. Riggs has now participated in morning colors from Guam during both America’s 200th and 250th birthday celebrations, a distinction spanning half a century of submarine history.

Source: DVIDS (CENTCOM / DoD).

Source: DVIDS (CENTCOM / DoD)

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