Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexa Hernandez | 1st Marine Division | 03.29.2018
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, shakes hands with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kenneth Pipes, a Silver Star recipient, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 29, 2018. Pipes received letters of inspiration from different generals across the Marine Corps for his actions while serving as the Commanding Officer of Bravo......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexa Hernandez | 1st Marine Division | 03.29.2018
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kenneth Pipes, a Silver Star recipient, holds a bag of challenge coins during a ceremony held by Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 29, 2018. Pipes received letters of inspiration from different generals across the Marine Corps for his actions while serving as the......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexa Hernandez | 1st Marine Division | 03.29.2018
Sharon Pipes, the wife of retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kenneth Pipes, a Silver Star recipient, goes through a book of letters during a ceremony held by Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 29, 2018. Pipes received letters of inspiration from different generals across the Marine Corps for his actions......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexa Hernandez | 1st Marine Division | 03.29.2018
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric Smith, center, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, speaks with guests during a ceremony dedicated to retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kenneth Pipes, a Silver Star recipient, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 29, 2018. Pipes received letters of inspiration from different generals across the Marine Corps for his actions while serving......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexa Hernandez | 1st Marine Division | 03.29.2018
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Kenneth Pipes, a Silver Star recipient, attends a ceremony held by Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 29, 2018. Pipes received letters of inspiration from different generals across the Marine Corps for his actions while serving as the Commanding Officer of Bravo Company,......
Photo by Cpl. Julian Temblador | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 05.20.2017
U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant (ret.) Peter Post, returns to Khe Sanh to aid the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery efforts in the Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, May 22, 2017. Peter returned to the area 49 years later in hopes of recovering the remains of two U.S. Marines unaccounted for during the 77 day siege of Khe Sanh in 1968. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest......
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 03.25.2015
Lynn Bowden, an Air Force sergeant at Ubon Thailand Royal Air Force Base during the Vietnam War, shares his experiences during a commemorative event honoring Vietnam vets during a retiree luncheon at Piccadilly Restaurant in Nashville, Tenn., March 25, 2015. (USACE Photo by Leon Roberts)...
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 03.25.2015
Lynn Bowden, Air Force sergeant at Ubon Thailand Royal Air Force Base during the Vietnam War, shares his experiences during a commemorative event honoring Vietnam vets during a retiree luncheon at Piccadilly Restaurant in Nashville, Tenn., March 25, 2015. (USACE Photo by Leon Roberts)...