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    6th Engineer Support Battalion celebrates 70th anniversary with battle color rededication [Image 4 of 4]

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    6th Engineer Support Battalion celebrates 70th anniversary with battle color rededication

    PORTLAND, OREGON, UNITED STATES

    11.15.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards 

    Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES)

    Retired Col. James “Rip” Harper christens a D7G bulldozer used in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, outside the Naval Support Activity Portland after 6th Engineer Support Battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014. The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to Harper, the battalion’s first adjutant. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II.

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    Date Taken: 11.15.2014
    Date Posted: 11.19.2014 10:23
    Photo ID: 1664099
    VIRIN: 141115-M-IU921-471
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 5.85 MB
    Location: PORTLAND, OREGON, US

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