Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese historian and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks with Hiromi Kawamoto, a community relations specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, during a memorial event, Yanai, Japan, July 28, 2025. Local residents came together to support the memorial in Yanai, Japan, paying tribute to American and......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Mason Englehart, communication strategy and operations director, Headquarters and Headquarters squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese historian and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Kayoko Mori, the wife of Mr. Mori, and Gunnery Sgt. Miguel Rosales, communication strategy operations chief, H&HS, MCAS......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese historian and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, shows two .50 Caliber shell casings recovered from a B-24 Liberator during a memorial event, Yanai, Japan, July 28, 2025. Mr. Mori is a prominent historian, and his work was critical in documenting the fate of the Lonesome Lady and her crew. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
Shigeaki Mori, left, a Japanese historian and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and his wife, Kayoko Mori, answers questions from the press during a memorial event, Yanai, Japan, July 28, 2025. Mr. Mori is a prominent historian, and his work was critical in documenting the fate of the Lonesome Lady and her crew. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
Shuzo Kinoshita, an event organizer, shows a piece of debris recovered from the B-24 Liberator aircraft “Lonesome Lady” during a memorial event in Yanai, Japan, July 28, 2025. Local residents came together to support the memorial in Yanai, Japan, paying tribute to American and Japanese lives lost during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
A commemorative plaque, written in both Japanese and English, provides historical details about the final mission and crash of the B-24 Liberator aircraft “Lonesome Lady”. The plaque honors the sacrifice of a fallen American aircrew and Japanese ship crew who lost their lives in two different incidents in the same region and on the same day. Local residents came together to support the......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
Japanese historian Mr.Yozo Kudo speaks to the attendees of a memorial event in Yanai, Japan, July 28, 2025. Local residents came together to support the memorial in Yanai, Japan, paying tribute to American and Japanese lives lost during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 07.28.2025
Yozo Kudo, a Japanese historian, left, and Shigeaki Mori, right, a Japanese historian and Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor, pose for a group photo during an unveiling ceremony in Yanai, Japan, July 28, 2025. Mr. Mori is a prominent historian, and his work was critical in documenting the fate of the Lonesome Lady and her crew. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)...
