VIDEOS

An animation created in Adobe After Effects showcases the history of the Purple Heart medal on Guam, on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, August 4, 2025. The medal stands as the nation’s oldest military decoration, bestowed in solemn tribute to those wounded or killed in defense of the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Lance Cpl. Mark Dvoskin)

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz and Combat Logistics Company 34, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, participate in various remembrance ceremonies, community events, and parades throughout the island to commemorate and honor the 81st liberation of Guam, July 21, 2025. Guam liberation month is celebrated to commemorate and honor the U.S. forces liberating Guam and its survivors from Imperial Japanese Forces in 1944 during World War II. Throughout the month of July there are several events and ceremonies held as part of Guam’s liberation month. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brayden Daniel)

Mr. Shigeaki Mori, a prominent Japanese historian and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, observed the 80th anniversary of the B-24 Lonesome Lady crash in Ikachi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, July 28, 2025. The event served as a remembrance for Japanese and American causalities from two different events in the same region on the same day in 1945. Following Lonesome Lady’s crash, the eight American prisoners of war detained after the crash, six of whom later lost their lives in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Eliza Fremont)

Members of the Japan Air-Self Defense Force from Hofu-Kita Airbase Japan, were paired up with U.S. Marines at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni on July 23, 2025. Partners exchanged professional knowledge and personal experiences while giving members of the JASDF opportunity to practice their language skills. The event ended with an exchange of gifts and contact information to continue collaboration between the allied forces.

U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz (MCB) Commanding Officer, Col. Richard D. Marshall Jr., and MCB Camp Blaz Senior Enlisted Leader, Master Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Krivenko, narrate a Liberation Day greeting message for the 81st Guam Liberation Day commencement ceremony, July 15, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)