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‘Old sailor’ is determined to honor fallen veterans

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Retired Navy Rear Adm. Lloyd R. “Joe” Vasey, left, looked at a group photo of the crew of the USS Gunnel submarine with granddaughter Gracia Vasey Grace, 21, at his Makiki home on Jan. 21. His experiences on the vessel inspired him to promote peace later in life. “I thought to myself there must be a better way to solve these international problems,” Vasey said.

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Retired Navy Rear Adm. Lloyd R. “Joe” Vasey held a group photo of the crew of the USS Gunnel. Vasey, who turns 100 on Tuesday, served on the submarine during World War II. He is hoping to get a Pacific War Memorial built at Pearl Harbor. He said he gets “very emotional” about the memorial because he’s doing it for “my old buddies.”