Memorial Day Observance
Photos By JON PEREZ
- Joint Region Marianas/U.S. Naval Forces Marianas commander Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, left, gives a flower to a relative of a fallen CNMI serviceman in yesterday’s commemoration of Memorial Day at the Veterans Cemetery in Marpi. (Photos By JON PEREZ)
- Sam Sosa plays Amazing Grace on bagpipes in remembering fallen soldiers during yesterday’s commemoration of Memorial Day at the Veterans Cemetery in Marpi.
- A relative of a fallen soldier prays during yesterday’s commemoration of Memorial Day at the Veterans Cemetery in Marpi.
- The Marianas High School Dolphin Battalion was tasked to assist in yesterday’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Cemetery in Marpi.
- The Saipan Pacific Winds Concert Band provides music during yesterday’s commemoration of Memorial Day at the Veterans Cemetery in Marpi.
- Joint Region Marianas/U.S. Naval Forces Marianas commander Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, center, greets a relative of a CNMI servicemen who’s buried at the Veterans Cemetery as Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, left, looks on.
- Joint Region Marianas/U.S. Naval Forces Marianas Commander Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, right, salutes as Department of Public Safety officers give the 21-gun salute.
- Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, eighth left, and Joint Region Marianas/U.S. Naval Forces Marianas commander Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, sixth left, join other dignitaries and other veterans after the wreath-laying ceremony.
- A member of the Saipan Pacific Winds Concert Band performs taps as a moment of silence is observed during yesterday’s commemoration of Memorial Day at the Veterans Cemetery in Marpi.