The Cafe Republic on North Beach Street in Fort Worth holds a special place for someone who once prayed on a beach during the Battle of Iwo Jima. That someone is Don Graves, 97, who joined the Marine Corps in 1942 at age 17, before shipping off to fight alongside 335 other Marines, of whom only 18 came off the island. In his Second Battalion, Graves was the only flame thrower to survive. He started coming into Cafe Republic in 2019, soon after owner Jimmy Arta Pollozani first opened its doors, the proprietor told The Epoch Times. “He comes in and he doesn’t wait to be seated; he always goes and sits at table one,” Pollozani said. “Since now he always comes in and sits at this table, let’s make this the Don Graves table.” The local war hero stops by every day—on a diet day ordering an English muffin …