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    What’s in a name? Okinawa bases named for fallen heroes [Image 2 of 8]

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    What’s in a name? Okinawa bases named for fallen heroes

    OKINAWA, JAPAN

    07.08.2011

    Photo by 94th Airlift Wing 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Camp Foster: Pfc. William A. Foster was a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. After assaulting a fortified Japanese position, he and another Marine engaged in a fierce hand grenade duel with enemy soldiers. An enemy grenade landed beyond reach of the Marines in the foxhole, so Foster dove on it, absorbing the explosion with his body. He lived long enough to hand his last two grenades to his fellow Marine, saying, “Make them count!”

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    Date Taken: 07.08.2011
    Date Posted: 07.07.2011 20:10
    Photo ID: 425044
    VIRIN: 110622-M-XX000-002
    Resolution: 180x229
    Size: 31.11 KB
    Location: OKINAWA, JP

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