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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Donnie Fricks and Sgt. Maj. Brian Downing, the executive officer and senior enlisted leader of Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division, speak to locals at the Hamahiga Island memorial site, Okinawa, Japan, June 23, 2026. The Hamahiga Island memorial site consists of two memorials in which Marines and local residents visit annually on Okinawa Memorial Day. The first memorial is dedicated to the island residents who lost their lives during the Battle of Okinawa. The second memorial serves in memory of U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kermit Shelly, the commanding officer of 3rd Force Service Regiment from March 1967 to his death in June 1968. Shelly had a profound impact on the restoration and local community of the island that still stand to this day. His most notable efforts consist of his work to construct an elementary and middle school, a church, a community hall, private residences and the island’s water reservoir. Fricks is a native of Texas and Downing is a native of Massachusetts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Kreis)
| Date Taken: | 06.22.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.28.2026 20:43 |
| Photo ID: | 9771644 |
| VIRIN: | 260623-M-NV658-1055 |
| Resolution: | 5018x3345 |
| Size: | 3.64 MB |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 18 |
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