Joe made a member of Veterans are Heroes Forever.

 

Post 2 Iwo Jima survivor presents gift to mayor

Bristol, CT

On Tuesday night, Joe Caminiti - a 100-year-old member of Post 2 and Iwo Jima survivor who on March 29 took part on Iwoto (Iwo Jima0) in a ceremony to heal the hatred between Japan and the United States (https://www.legiontown.org/wwii-story/14220/100-year-old-iwo-jima-surviv...) - made a presentation to the mayor of Bristol at the start of the Bristol City Council Meeting: sand from the beach where he landed Marines some 80 years ago, as well as to his friends, the Bristol police chief and longtime friend John Lodovico.



Bristol police chief, Joe, and his longtime friend and fellow Legion Post 2 member John Lodovico.

Sand from Iwo Jima.
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