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Apr 13, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Matthew Forshee, right, the executive officer of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and a native of Texas, hands a message from the Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan to Mr. Kozo Nakagawa, the president of the Fujinowaki Neighborhood Association, during the 80th anniversary of the Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, April. 3, 2025. The Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony is held every year in Kure during cherry blossom season to honor the crew members of the U.S. Navy TBM-3 Avenger, Torpedo Squadron 6, who died in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on July 24, 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall Whiteman)

CAMERA

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

LENS

EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/200

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

LENS

EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

APERTURE

56/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/200

ISO

100