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Corporal Mauricio E. Reyes, aviation transportation coordination office clerk, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, greets World War II veterans as they arrive at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on a Soaring Valor Honor Flight, Oct. 27, 2016. In 2015, the Gary Sinise Foundation launched the Soaring Valor Honor Flight program with the National WWII Museum, with the goal of preserving each veteran’s first-person account of the war. Each time a flight arrives, Marines from Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans welcome the veterans to recognize their service to the nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens/ Released)

Corporal Mauricio E. Reyes, aviation transportation coordination office clerk, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, greets World War II veterans as they arrive at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on a Soaring Valor Honor Flight, Oct. 27, 2016. In 2015, the Gary Sinise Foundation launched the Soaring Valor Honor Flight program with the National WWII Museum, with the goal of preserving each veteran’s first-person account of the war. Each time a flight arrives, Marines from Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans welcome the veterans to recognize their service to the nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens

Actor Gary Sinise waits with Marines from Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport for the arrival of World War II veterans on a Soaring Valor Honor Flight, Oct. 27, 2016. In 2015, the Gary Sinise Foundation launched the Soaring Valor Honor Flight program with the National WWII Museum, with the goal of preserving each veteran’s first-person account of the war. Each time a flight arrives, the Marines welcome the veterans to recognize their service to the nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens/ Released)

Actor Gary Sinise waits with Marines from Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport for the arrival of World War II veterans on a Soaring Valor Honor Flight, Oct. 27, 2016. In 2015, the Gary Sinise Foundation launched the Soaring Valor Honor Flight program with the National WWII Museum, with the goal of preserving each veteran’s first-person account of the war. Each time a flight arrives, the Marines welcome the veterans to recognize their service to the nation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Melissa Martens

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, fold the flag that draped the casket of Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies during a memorial service in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Mathies is a World War II veteran who was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, fold the flag that draped the casket of Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies during a memorial service in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Mathies is a World War II veteran who was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez

Retired Col. Elwin B. Hart presents the flag to Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies’ sister Mary Jo during a memorial service held for Mathies in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Hart was Mathies’ platoon sergeant during his service in World War II. Mathies was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Retired Col. Elwin B. Hart presents the flag to Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies’ sister Mary Jo during a memorial service held for Mathies in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Hart was Mathies’ platoon sergeant during his service in World War II. Mathies was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, escort the hearse carrying Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies during a memorial service in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Mathies is a World War II veteran who was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, escort the hearse carrying Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies during a memorial service in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Mathies is a World War II veteran who was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, prepare to fire three rifle volleys in honor of Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies during a memorial service in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Mathies is a World War II veteran who was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Marines with Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 453, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, prepare to fire three rifle volleys in honor of Pfc. Elmer L. Mathies during a memorial service in Hereford, Texas, May 28, 2016. Mathies is a World War II veteran who was killed in action during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943. His remains were found and recovered on the island in 2015 by the nonprofit organization History Flight, which is dedicated to preserving and honoring World War II, Vietnam and Gulf War combat veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez/ Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Ramirez

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve and the Victory Belles, the National World War II Museum’s vocal trio, wait for veterans participating in the Soaring Valor program to exit the terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. The Soaring Valor program was created by actor Gary Sinise to honor veterans of World War II for their sacrifices and to give them a special tour of the National World War II Museum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve and the Victory Belles, the National World War II Museum’s vocal trio, wait for veterans participating in the Soaring Valor program to exit the terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. The Soaring Valor program was created by actor Gary Sinise to honor veterans of World War II for their sacrifices and to give them a special tour of the National World War II Museum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Ian Leones

Cpl. Emanuela S. Shehu (right), an administrative specialist with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, places a Marine Corps lanyard around the neck of Lou Lieske (left), a retired U.S. Army nurse and World War II veteran, at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. Lieske joined other World II veterans as part of Soaring Valor, a program created by the Gary Sinise foundation to provide World War II veterans a special tour of the National World War II Museum and to honor them for their sacrifices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Cpl. Emanuela S. Shehu (right), an administrative specialist with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, places a Marine Corps lanyard around the neck of Lou Lieske (left), a retired U.S. Army nurse and World War II veteran, at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. Lieske joined other World II veterans as part of Soaring Valor, a program created by the Gary Sinise foundation to provide World War II veterans a special tour of the National World War II Museum and to honor them for their sacrifices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Ian Leones

Cpl. William C. Parker (right), a data network specialist with Marine Forces Reserve G-6, shakes hands with Stanley Fagerstrom (left), an Army World War II veteran, as he exits Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. Fagerstrom joined other World II veterans as part of Soaring Valor, a program created by the Gary Sinise foundation to provide World War II veterans a special tour of the National World War II Museum and to honor them for their sacrifices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Cpl. William C. Parker (right), a data network specialist with Marine Forces Reserve G-6, shakes hands with Stanley Fagerstrom (left), an Army World War II veteran, as he exits Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. Fagerstrom joined other World II veterans as part of Soaring Valor, a program created by the Gary Sinise foundation to provide World War II veterans a special tour of the National World War II Museum and to honor them for their sacrifices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Ian Leones

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve greet Lou Lieske, a retired U.S. Army Nurse and World War II veteran at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. Lieske joined other World II veterans as part of Soaring Valor, a program created by the Gary Sinise foundation to provide World War II veterans a special tour of the National World War II Museum and to honor them for their sacrifices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve greet Lou Lieske, a retired U.S. Army Nurse and World War II veteran at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, April 13, 2016. Lieske joined other World II veterans as part of Soaring Valor, a program created by the Gary Sinise foundation to provide World War II veterans a special tour of the National World War II Museum and to honor them for their sacrifices. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Ian Leones

Sgt. Chaz Arurang, a supply administration and operations specialist with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, stands on the barrel of a canon at the Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum in Peleliu. Peleliu, Arurang’s native home island in the western pacific, is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

Sgt. Chaz Arurang, a supply administration and operations specialist with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, stands on the barrel of a canon at the Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum in Peleliu. Peleliu, Arurang’s native home island in the western pacific, is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum is located on the island of Peleliu in the Palau Island chain located in the Western Pacific Ocean. The island is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum is located on the island of Peleliu in the Palau Island chain located in the Western Pacific Ocean. The island is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

Sgt. Chaz Arurang, a supply administration and operations specialist with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, whose daily task is the coordination, tracking and supply of aviation resources throughout the wing, finds his home aboard Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. Peleliu, Arurang’s native home island in the western pacific, is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

Sgt. Chaz Arurang, a supply administration and operations specialist with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, whose daily task is the coordination, tracking and supply of aviation resources throughout the wing, finds his home aboard Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. Peleliu, Arurang’s native home island in the western pacific, is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Sgt. Emmanuel Ortiz, an operations noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Forces Reserve Operations, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Sgt. Emmanuel Ortiz, an operations noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Forces Reserve Operations, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran, Prisoner of War and Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran, Prisoner of War and Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by service members, veterans and airline travelers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Cpl. Jordan L. Bradford, a recruiting and retention clerk with Marine Forces Reserve, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Pvt. Marvin A. Rolansky, a World War II Marine veteran and Prisoner of War Medal of Honor recipient, is greeted by Cpl. Jordan L. Bradford, a recruiting and retention clerk with Marine Forces Reserve, at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner, La., June 3, 2015. Rolansky was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on Dec. 9, 1941, and spent four years in a labor camp until his return to U.S. military control in 1945 after the end of the war. Rolansky is one of a group of WWII POWs who visited New Orleans for the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society Reunion June 2-6, 2015.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Retired Col. James “Rip” Harper christens a D7G bulldozer used in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, outside the Naval Support Activity Portland after 6th Engineer Support Battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to Harper, the battalion’s first adjutant. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

Retired Col. James “Rip” Harper christens a D7G bulldozer used in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, outside the Naval Support Activity Portland after 6th Engineer Support Battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to Harper, the battalion’s first adjutant. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Retired Col. James “Rip” Harper (third from left) and Brig. Gen. Patrick Hermesmann, commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group (fourth from left), observe the 6th Engineer Support Battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to Harper, the battalion’s first adjutant. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

Retired Col. James “Rip” Harper (third from left) and Brig. Gen. Patrick Hermesmann, commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group (fourth from left), observe the 6th Engineer Support Battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to Harper, the battalion’s first adjutant. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

The Marines of 6th Engineer Support Battalion stand in formation during the battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to the battalion’s first adjutant, retired Col. James “Rip” Harper. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

The Marines of 6th Engineer Support Battalion stand in formation during the battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to the battalion’s first adjutant, retired Col. James “Rip” Harper. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards