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    Marine visits battleground where grandfather served as a Navajo Code Talker

    Marine visits battleground where grandfather served as a Navajo Code Talker

    CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    07.26.2017

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez     

    1st Marine Aircraft Wing   

    Lance Cpl. Jeanette E. Fernando and other Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, hike towards the Iwo Jima memorial site on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, July 26, 2017. Fernando and other Marines in her squadron were given the opportunity to revisit the battlegrounds at which Fernando's grandfather, a Navajo Code Talker, fought during World War II. Fernando is an airframe mechanic assigned to HMLA-169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, currently on a unit deployment program with 1st MAW based in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Laura Gauna)

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 07.26.2017
    Date Posted: 08.01.2017 02:43
    Photo ID: 3622760
    VIRIN: 170726-M-KO203-493
    Resolution: 1892x1261
    Size: 2.24 MB
    Location: CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JP
    Hometown: GALLUP, NM, US

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