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WWII veteran Daniel B. T. Lau receives Bronze Star

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Retired Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, left, walks away after presenting the Bronze Star to the children of Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau, Jeffrey Daniel Lau, Vicki Jo Lau, Russell James Lau, and Girard Douglas Lau, during a military interment ceremony on Monday at the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Lau, born and raised in Hawaii, was a World War II Battle of the Bulge veteran and the last surviving founder of Finance Factors. He died on Oct. 21 and was 101.
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The children of Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau, from left, Jeffrey Daniel Lau, Vicki Jo Lau, Russell James Lau, and Girard Douglas Lau, stand to honor their father’s casket during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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The children of Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau, from left, Jeffrey Daniel Lau, Vicki Jo Lau, Russell James Lau, and Girard Douglas Lau, stand to honor their father’s casket during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee places 7.62 cartridges into a folded American flag honoring Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee places 7.62 cartridges into a folded American flag honoring Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee salutes a folded American flag honoring Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee takes a folded American flag honoring Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, left, presents a folded American flag honoring Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau to Lau’s children, Jeffrey Daniel Lau, second from left, Vicki Jo Lau, Russell James Lau, and Girard Douglas Lau, during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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Retired Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, left, presents a folded American flag honoring Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau to Lau’s children, Jeffrey Daniel Lau, second from left, Vicki Jo Lau, Russell James Lau, and Girard Douglas Lau, during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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Jeffrey Daniel Lau, left, son of Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau, holds an American flag in honor of his father during a military interment ceremony on Monday.
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The family of Sgt. Daniel B.T. Lau place roses onto the casket during a military interment ceremony on Monday.

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