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Retired Rear Admiral Taosa Ochiai, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, left, passes a rear admiral’s flag, which had belonged to his father, to a representative of the Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters during a memorial ceremony at the Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters May 27. Ochiai’s father, Minoru Ota, was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and was the final commander of the Japanese naval forces defending the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa.
| Date Taken: | 05.27.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 06.21.2012 00:46 |
| Photo ID: | 608565 |
| VIRIN: | 120527-M-EG747-769 |
| Resolution: | 3072x2048 |
| Size: | 3.72 MB |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 47 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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