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05/27/07
Maj. Rick Gannon was only in Annapolis for two years, but the Marine Corps officer had a profound impact both at the U.S. Naval Academy and on local Cub Scouts he led. 
Kathleen Lange - For The Capital
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His leadership here was but a preamble to that which he displayed in later commands; out front, setting a high and tough example that his Marines would "follow down the barrel of a cannon" one said.
It was the same mettle and bravery he exhibited in Iraq, along the Syrian border, where he was killed during a firefight on April 17, 2004. The courage that earned him the Silver Star, and the eternal honor of his brothers, might have come from birth. Maj....
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