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Nov 10, 2009

Lance Cpl. Manuel S. Silva, a 20-year-old fire team leader with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of El Paso, Texas, takes a bite of the Marine Corps’ birthday cake aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), as the ship transits the Suez Canal from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea Nov. 10, 2009. Silva was the youngest Marine present during the 234th Marine Corps Birthday celebration.

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