PINE BELT, Miss. - The Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby will honor the first female member of the armed forces from Mississippi killed in action in the War on Terror. The exhibit is scheduled to open Nov. 10, which is the 247th birthday of the Marine Corps. The exhibit will honor Marine Lance Corporal Casey Casanova of McComb. She and three other Marines were killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in May 2008. The exhibit will have Casanova’s dress uniform, her helmet and medals that were donated days ago by Casanova’s mother, Paula Carruth. “(I)t's a huge honor to be able to continue her story, her legacy, and to teach others of her service," said the museum's Tommy Lofton, "but also, so we can appreciate and honor her sacrifice to her state and to her country.” (WDAM 09/20/22) Photo Camp Shelby museum to feature exhibit on Mississippi’s female Marine killed in Iraq (msn.com)
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