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    A WWII Veteran's Journey | Through Hell and back to tell about it [Image 2 of 3]

    A WWII Veteran's Journey | Through Hell and back to tell about it

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    04.07.2017

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Pinkney 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Capt. Joe Hamlin gives Donald Irwin, a U.S. Navy World War II veteran, a tour of the Bell AH-1 Super Cobra, April 7, 2017 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Irwin fought in the battles for Midway and Guadalcanal and survived the sinking of the USS Colhoun during the battle for Okinawa. Irwin decided to return to Okinawa and exchange stories with the Marines and Sailors stationed on the island. Hamlin, a Corbin, Kentucky, native, is a Bell AH-1 Super Cobra pilot with Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Irwin is a native of San Jose, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Pinkney)

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    Date Taken: 04.07.2017
    Date Posted: 04.11.2017 03:46
    Photo ID: 3300294
    VIRIN: 170407-M-PQ275-792
    Resolution: 2676x2160
    Size: 3.55 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, JP
    Hometown: CORBIN, KY, US
    Hometown: SAN JOSE, CA, US

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