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Okinawa, Japan

Apr 11, 2017

U.S. Marine Capt. Joe Hamlin gives Don Irwin, a United States Navy World War II veteran, a tour of the Bell AH-1Z Super Cobra, April 7, 2017 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Irwin, who served aboard a number of ships during World War II, took part in battles for Midway and Guadalcanal and survived the sinking of the USS Calhoun during the battle for Okinawa. Irwin returned to Okinawa and exchanged stories with the Marines and Sailors stationed on the island. Irwin is a San Jose, California native and Hamlin, a Corbin, Kentucky, native, is a Bell AH-1 Super Cobra pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amaia Unanue)

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