U. S. Navy Rear Adm. Tilghman Payne, Joint Region Marianas commander, Col. Jason Armagost, 36th Wing vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Rousey, 36th Communications Squadron superintendent, return a salute from 36th Wing Airmen as their formation passes during the 69th Liberation Day Parade July 21, 2013, in Hagåtña, Guam. Formations of active-duty service members, guardsmen and reservists, including more than 140 Airmen from the 36th Wing, led the parade down the 1.2-mile route past thousands of spectators. The parade commemorated the United States freeing the island from imperial Japan’s control during the Second Battle of Guam, which began July 21, 1944, and lasted 21 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brok McCarthy/Released)
Members of the 734th Air Mobility Squadron and their families look on as the 69th Liberation Day Parade approaches their tent in Hagåtña, Guam, July 21, 2013. Formations of active-duty service members, guardsmen and reservists, including more than 140 Airmen from the 36th Wing, led the parade down the 1.2-mile route past thousands of spectators. The parade commemorated the United States freeing the island from imperial Japan’s control during the Second Battle of Guam, which began July 21, 1944, and lasted 21 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brok McCarthy/Released)
Airmen from the Guam Air National Guard’s 254th RED HORSE Squadron perform eyes right as they pass the 69th Guam Liberation Day Parade review stand in Hagåtña, Guam, July 21, 2013. Formations of active-duty service members, guardsmen and reservists, including more than 140 Airmen from the 36th Wing, led the parade down the 1.2-mile route past thousands of spectators. The parade commemorated the United States freeing the island from imperial Japan’s control during the Second Battle of Guam, which began July 21, 1944, and lasted 21 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brok McCarthy/Released)
Service members join residents of Santa Rita, Guam, on the village’s float to wave as they pass the crowd during the 69th Liberation Day parade in Hagåtña, Guam, July 21, 2013. The parade commemorated the United States freeing the island from imperial Japan’s control during the Second Battle of Guam, which began July 21, 1944, and lasted for 21 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brok McCarthy/Released)
A joint color guard, comprised of service members from various guard and Reserve units stationed on the island, pass the 69th Guam Liberation Day parade grand stand in Hagåtña, Guam, July 21, 2013. Formations of active-duty service members, guardsmen and reservists, including more than 140 Airmen from the 36th Wing, led the parade down the 1.2-mile route past thousands of spectators. The parade commemorated the United States freeing the island from imperial Japan’s control during the Second Battle of Guam, which began July 21, 1944, and lasted 21 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brok McCarthy/Released)