U.S. Marine Capt. Joe Hamlin gives Donald Irwin, a United States Navy World War II veteran, a tour of the Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra, April 7, 2017 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Irwin, who served aboard a number of ships during World War II, fought at Midway and Guadalcanal and survived the sinking of the USS Colhoun during the Battle of Okinawa. Irwin returned to Okinawa and exchanged stories with the Marines and Sailors stationed on the island. Irwin is a San Jose, California native, and Hamlin, a Corbin, Kentucky, native, is a Bell AH-1 Super Cobra pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amaia Unanue)
Date Taken: | 04.07.2017 |
Date Posted: | 04.07.2017 08:14 |
Photo ID: | 3295193 |
VIRIN: | 170407-M-GE751-007 |
Resolution: | 2829x1920 |
Size: | 2.28 MB |
Location: | AIR BASE FUTENMA, OKINAWA, JP |
Hometown: | CORBIN, KY, US |
Hometown: | SAN JOSE, CA, US |
Web Views: | 77 |
Downloads: | 14 |
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