Hawaii Bases – Page 5 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Hawaii Bases

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Zd049. (-17) 200812-N-ND356-0055 PEARL HARBOR (Aug. 12, 2020) A Consolidated PBY Catalina, a historic vintage military aircraft, a group known as the “Warbirds”, arrive in Pearl Harbor aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) for the 75th Commemoration of the End of WWII. “Salute Their Service, Honor Their Hope” is the theme of the commemoration in Hawaii in recognition of the WWII veterans and civilians who contributed to the end of the war. The commemoration will include three Legacy of Peace Aerial Parades and will culminate with the official ceremony on USS Missouri (BB 63) on September 2. Flyovers of the warbirds will include: Around Oahu (August 29), Connecting the Military Bases (August 30) and Fly Over the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pearl Harbor to Waikiki (September 2). To learn more about upcoming events please see www.75thwwiicommemoration.org/victory-in-the-pacific/hawa…. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell)

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Zd048. (-11) 200810-N-MQ703-1053 PEARL HARBOR (Aug. 10, 2020) A B-25 Mitchell, a historic vintage military aircraft, a group known as the “Warbirds”, arrive in Pearl Harbor aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) for the 75th Commemoration of the End of WWII. “Salute Their Service, Honor Their Hope” is the theme of the commemoration in Hawaii in recognition of the WWII veterans and civilians who contributed to the end of the war. The commemoration will include three Legacy of Peace Aerial Parades and will culminate with the official ceremony on USS Missouri (BB 63) on September 2. Flyovers of the warbirds will include: Around Oahu (August 29), Connecting the Military Bases (August 30) and Fly Over the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pearl Harbor to Waikiki (September 2).

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Zd047. (08) PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Aug. 10, 2020) – A B-25 Mitchell, part of a group of historic vintage military aircraft known as the “Warbirds,” arrive at Pearl Harbor aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) for the 75th Commemoration of the End of WWII. Salute Their Service, Honor Their Hope” is the theme of the commemoration in Hawaii in recognition of the WWII veterans and civilians who contributed to the end of the war. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell) 200810-N-ND356-0007

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Zo985. Close-up of the Kissing Sailor stature on the pier, alongside USS Missouri BB-63 on Ford Island, in Pearl Harbor, this is 2019 picture.

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Zo984. The Kissing Sailor stature on the pier, alongside USS Missouri BB-63 on Ford Island, in Pearl Harbor, this is 2019 picture.

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Zo989. This is one of 4 screenshots from a video of CBS “This Morning” program presented 5 years ago for the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. Here, are the kissing sailor and his wife of 69 years of marriage at the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. Both people are in the first of these 4 pictures. Watch the video, if you want to know what the two ladies have the say about this iconic picture. The sailor was a Sailor!

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Zo988. This is one of 4 screenshots from a video of CBS “This Morning” program presented 5 years ago for the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. The sharp and fast photographer took a series of shot. It is estimated that the kiss perhaps was 10 seconds long.

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Zo987. This is one of 4 screenshots from a video of CBS “This Morning” program presented 5 years ago for the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. In this CBS screen shot are that kissing sailor and the nurse, 70 years later.

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Zo986. This is one of 4 screenshots from a video of CBS “This Morning” program presented 5 years ago for the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. The sailor is kissing the Nurse who he never met before, his girlfriend is behind him, and can be seen over his right shoulder.

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Zo978. One of several images about the USS Arizona Relic exhibit, newly displayed in March 2020, at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor. These images are the relic information plaques, presented here, left to right. It is a charred section of the ship’s main deck framing on the port side of the ship. Rusted and oil-stained, it is part of the galley’s vegetable locker.