Video by Senior Airman Manuel Zamora | 374th Airlift Wing | 08.15.2024
A 9/16 social media video of U.S. and Japan military members lowering the flag to half-staff Aug. 15, 2024, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The date marks the anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, serving as a moment of reflection on the pursuit of peace and the sacrifices made during the conflict. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Manuel G. Zamora)...
Video by Senior Airman Manuel Zamora | 374th Airlift Wing | 08.15.2024
U.S. and Japan military members lower the flag to half-staff Aug. 15, 2024, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The date marks the anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, serving as a moment of reflection on the pursuit of peace and the sacrifices made during the conflict. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Manuel G. Zamora)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Taranto | DMA Pacific - Hawaii Media Bureau | 12.08.2023
In June of 1945, two American B-29 Bombers collided as they firebombed a Japanese city. A local farmer attempted to care for the survivors and bury the dead with respect, in spite of laws forbidding aid to the enemy- even after the firebombing claimed the lives of 2000 locals. From the wreckage the farmer recovered a canteen, with a blackened handprint forever marking it with the memory of the......
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Victoria Schiebel | Regional Media Center - Japan | 07.19.2023
Sights and sounds explores the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Japan Tochigi Prefecture July 19, 2023. the Toshogu Shrine has a history of over 400 years old and enshrines Lord Tokugawa leyasu, who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603. (Video by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Victoria Schiebel)...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Taylor DiMartino | AFN Iwakuni | 08.06.2022
Thousands gathered at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2022, to observe the 77th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. A memorial service and lantern floating event is held every year to honor the memory of the estimated 140,000 people who died after the bomb’s detonation and in the months following it. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st......
Video by Lance Cpl. Evan Jones | AFN Iwakuni | 09.21.2020
United Service Organization (USO) Iwakuni and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni residents celebrate the International Day of Peace by creating origami cranes on MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 21, 2020. The origami cranes were created as a campaign to donate to the Iwakuni Tree of Peace and Hiroshima Peace Park. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Evan Jones)...
Video by Cpl. Jonathan Hodges | II MEF Information Group | 09.15.2020
The United Nations is celebrating United Nations Day on October 24th, 2020. The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Graphic by Cpl. Jonathan Hodges) ( This product was created......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Mai | AFN Misawa | 02.29.2020
Misawa Air Base's Security Forces Squadron teams up with Naval Air Facility Misawa's Master-at-Arms for the first time during a town patrol....