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Retired 1st Lt. John J. O’Leary, a Marine veteran of World War II, looks at pictures on his dresser at the Evergreen Community of Johnson County, Olathe, Kan., Dec. 21, 2016. O’Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 23. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)

Retired 1st Lt. John J. O’Leary, a Marine veteran of World War II, looks at pictures on his dresser at the Evergreen Community of Johnson County, Olathe, Kan., Dec. 21, 2016. O’Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 23. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)

Photo by Sgt. Ian Leones

Col. Thomas M. Fahy (right) speaks with retired 1st Lt. John J. O’Leary (left), a Marine veteran of World War II, at the Evergreen Community of Johnson County, Olathe, Kan., Dec. 21, 2016. O’Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 23. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)

Col. Thomas M. Fahy (right) speaks with retired 1st Lt. John J. O’Leary (left), a Marine veteran of World War II, at the Evergreen Community of Johnson County, Olathe, Kan., Dec. 21, 2016. O’Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 23. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)

Photo by Sgt. Ian Leones

Photo depicts Retired 1st. Lt. John J. O’Leary, a Marine veteran of World War II, date and location unknown. O’Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 23, 2016. (Photo courtesy of John J. O’Leary)

Photo depicts Retired 1st. Lt. John J. O’Leary, a Marine veteran of World War II, date and location unknown. O’Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. He celebrated his 100th birthday on Dec. 23, 2016. (Photo courtesy of John J. O’Leary)

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2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve poses for a photo during a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration at Pasadena City Hall, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve poses for a photo during a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration at Pasadena City Hall, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine, commanding general, 4th Marine Division, speaks to Marines at a Veteran’s Day Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine, commanding general, 4th Marine Division, speaks to Marines at a Veteran’s Day Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, stand beside Marine Forces Reserve Centennial posters during a Veteran’s Day Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, stand beside Marine Forces Reserve Centennial posters during a Veteran’s Day Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine, commanding general, 4th Marine Division, speaks at a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine, commanding general, 4th Marine Division, speaks at a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

The Condor Air Squadron flies in over Pasadena City Hall in California, Nov. 11, 2016, at the conclusion of a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

The Condor Air Squadron flies in over Pasadena City Hall in California, Nov. 11, 2016, at the conclusion of a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine, commanding general, 4th Marine Division, speaks at a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016, at Pasadena City Hall to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine, commanding general, 4th Marine Division, speaks at a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016, at Pasadena City Hall to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

Veterans and members of the local community in Pasadena, California, salute and place their hands over their hearts during the national anthem at a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Veterans and members of the local community in Pasadena, California, salute and place their hands over their hearts during the national anthem at a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine (left), commanding general, 4th Marine Division poses for a photo with former Pasadena Mayor Bill Paparian (right), during a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration at Pasadena City Hall, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Brig. Gen. Paul Lebidine (left), commanding general, 4th Marine Division poses for a photo with former Pasadena Mayor Bill Paparian (right), during a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration at Pasadena City Hall, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Photo by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire

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

Rita Brignac Kaul, a WWII and Korean War veteran, holds a copy of her honorable discharge papers at the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home in Reserve, Louisiana, Aug. 13, 2014. Kaul enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1945, was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1949, and served as a sailor in the Navy Reserve from 1950 to 1954.

Rita Brignac Kaul, a WWII and Korean War veteran, holds a copy of her honorable discharge papers at the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home in Reserve, Louisiana, Aug. 13, 2014. Kaul enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1945, was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1949, and served as a sailor in the Navy Reserve from 1950 to 1954.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Marine Sgt. Gary L. Hill is congratulated by his immediate and extended family and other guests came to show their support for his military service after his Silver Star medal ceremony at the Tuscaloosa Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center here June 7, 2013. Hill was presented the nation’s third highest award by Retired Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak for his heroic actions while deployed to Vietnam in 1967.

Marine Sgt. Gary L. Hill is congratulated by his immediate and extended family and other guests came to show their support for his military service after his Silver Star medal ceremony at the Tuscaloosa Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center here June 7, 2013. Hill was presented the nation’s third highest award by Retired Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak for his heroic actions while deployed to Vietnam in 1967.

Photo by Sgt. Raymond Lott

Cpl. Cesar W. Rivero shows veterans where to sign a copy of an Iwo Jima map at the Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel library in San Francisco March 13, 2013. Rivero,25, an administrative specialist assigned to Headquarters Company,23rd Marine Regiment, was there to assist with the proceedings at the 68th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a luncheon ceremony. The event was also an opportunity to accentuate the connection between the WWII-era 4th Marine Division with today's 4th Marine Division and Marine Forces Reserve. More than 100 veterans, modern Marines and guests were in attendance.

Cpl. Cesar W. Rivero shows veterans where to sign a copy of an Iwo Jima map at the Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel library in San Francisco March 13, 2013. Rivero,25, an administrative specialist assigned to Headquarters Company,23rd Marine Regiment, was there to assist with the proceedings at the 68th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a luncheon ceremony. The event was also an opportunity to accentuate the connection between the WWII-era 4th Marine Division with today's 4th Marine Division and Marine Forces Reserve. More than 100 veterans, modern Marines and guests were in attendance.

Photo by Sgt. Ray Lewis

A WWII veteran awaits an elevator at the Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel library in San Francisco March 13, 2013. He was there to celebrate the 68th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a luncheon ceremony. The event was also an opportunity to accentuate the connection between the WWII-era 4th Marine Division with today's 4th Marine Division. More than 100 veterans, modern Marines and guests were in attendance.

A WWII veteran awaits an elevator at the Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel library in San Francisco March 13, 2013. He was there to celebrate the 68th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a luncheon ceremony. The event was also an opportunity to accentuate the connection between the WWII-era 4th Marine Division with today's 4th Marine Division. More than 100 veterans, modern Marines and guests were in attendance.

Photo by Sgt. Ray Lewis

Will Price, a curator for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, talks with Donald Rollette, a fellow detachment member, about the artifacts in the detachment’s 600 square-foot museum, November 16, 2012. Rollette is very active in the community and the Marine league Rollette owns a personal museum as well, which is located in the basement of his home. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Will Price, a curator for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, talks with Donald Rollette, a fellow detachment member, about the artifacts in the detachment’s 600 square-foot museum, November 16, 2012. Rollette is very active in the community and the Marine league Rollette owns a personal museum as well, which is located in the basement of his home. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek