Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.18.2020
Retired Master Sgt. Richard Adams talks to Maj. Light Shin, the Brigade Chaplain, during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Center in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 17 2020. Mr. Adams is the last surviving member of the 503rd Infantry Regiment that conducted the combat airborne assault into Corregidor on Feb. 16 1945. The 503rd......
Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.18.2020
Sgt. Daniel Lubag, a Philippine Native, has a conversation with Retired Maj. Gen. Jose Magno, a Philippine Native and Previous Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations, during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 18 2020. The 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade commemorates the history of those......
Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.17.2020
One among many tombs of the unidentified fallen is honored by a fresh sand rub on the inscribed words on a grave marker during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Center in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 17 2020. The 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade commemorates the history of those paratroopers that came before them......
Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.17.2020
Paratroopers assigned to the 503rd Infantry Regiment stand in formation for the wreath laying ceremony, during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Center in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 17 2020. The 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade commemorates the history of those paratroopers that came before them and passed on a......
Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.17.2020
Paratroopers assigned to the 503rd Infantry Regiment walk through a memorial with the names of those who served in the Philippine Theater throughout WWII, during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Center in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 17 2020. The 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade commemorates the history of those......
Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.17.2020
Retired Master Sgt. Richard Adams pays his respects to his fallen comrade and leaves him with a small torn blackened piece of his parachute, at the base of his grave marker, from the battle of Corregidor, during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Center in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 17 2020. Mr. Adams is the last surviving member......
Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.17.2020
Paratroopers assigned to the 503rd Infantry Regiment stand in formation behind Command Sgt. Maj. Palm and Command Sgt. Maj. Dyon, the two Command Sgts. Maj. of the 503rd Infantry Regiment, during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Center in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 17 2020. The 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade......
Photo by Sgt. John Yountz | 173rd Airborne Brigade | 02.17.2020
Retired Master Sgt. Richard Adams stands between the formations of the 503rd Infantry Regiment and the 317th Airlift Wing, during the 75th anniversary memorial of Operation Topside at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Center in Manila, Philippines on Feb. 17 2020. Mr. Adams is the last surviving member of the 503rd Infantry Regiment that conducted the combat airborne assault into......
