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Operation Desert Storm

Local Gulf War veteran marched in National Memorial Day Parade

Parade highlighted 25th anniversary 

Lawrenceville – Twenty-five years ago, more than 600,000 service members took part in Operation Desert Storm, at the time the largest deployment of U.S. Armed Forces since Vietnam. John Bensley then a Specialist, E-4 from Lamont, OK, was one of those who left friends and family behind to serve our nation and secure a victory for freedom.