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)