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III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Okinawa, Japan

Aug 1, 2017

Mike A. Miranda, also known as Mango Mike, smells a ripe mango, July 22, 2017 in Motobu, Okinawa, Japan. Miranda explains that smelling the fruit helps him know when they are ready to be harvested. Miranda, a native of Orlando, Florida, is a Marine Corps combat veteran who settled down as a mango farmer with his Okinawan family. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Wildes)

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