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70th Anniversary of the Battles of Saipan and Tinian
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Posted on Jun 16 2014
PHOTOS BY JAYSON CAMACHO
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- 2013 Liberation Queen Nicole Sablan waves to the crowd in yesterday’s parade, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battles of Saipan and Tinian.
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- A U.S Coast Guard platoon marches down the road in front of Kristo Rai Church in Garapan.
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- Young U.S Marines smile as they make their way to American Memorial Park.
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- 2014 Miss Marianas Teen candidates pose for Saipan Tribune in their yellow Mustang.
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- Japanese World War II veteran Teruki Okaziki is escorted to the podium during a “Reunion of Honor” held at the American Memorial Park yesterday.
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- World War II veteran Robert A. Burke is accompanied by his son and a U.S. Marine escort as he makes his way to the podium during the “Reunion of Honor” held at the American Memorial Park yesterday.
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- Lt. Colonel Raymond Russell Kelly of the 482nd Squadron, 505th Bomb Group and 313th Bomb Wing at North Field, Tinian makes his way to the podium at the American Memorial Park to deliver remarks.
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- Carl Matthews is escorted to the podium during a “Reunion of Honor” held at the American Memorial Park yesterday.
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- Bishop Yoshio Okamoto of the Tenrikyo Onomichi Church in Japan reads a prayer as part of the “Reunion of Honor” ceremony yesterday at the American Memorial Park.
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- Lt. Gov. Jude U. Hofschneider, Gov. Eloy S. Inos, and keynote speaker Rear Adm. Tilghman Payne lay a wreath at the Circle of Honor of the American Memorial Park.
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- Japanese officials and representatives present wreaths and leis on top of the memorial monument at the American Memorial Park.
