240917-N-ML137-1009 PELELIU, Republic of Palau (Sept. 17, 2024) - From left; U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, commander, Joint Task Force - Micronesia; Joel Ehrendreich, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Palau; Orikasa Hiroyuki, Japanese ambassador to Palau; Richelle Turner, Australian ambassador to Palau; Minister of State for Palau Gustav Aitaro; and Governor Emais Roberts, the governor of Peleliu; bow their heads for an invocation during a memorial service in memory of Damien Parer, Australian war photographer, at Orange Beach Cemetery, Sept. 17. Damien Parer remains one of Australia's most well-known combat cameramen and was killed by a burst of Japanese machine gun fire while he was filming a group of U.S. Marines under fire during the Battle of Peleliu on Sept. 17, 1944. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Jetzer)
| Date Taken: | 09.17.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.18.2024 19:13 |
| Photo ID: | 8649824 |
| VIRIN: | 240917-N-ML137-1009 |
| Resolution: | 6709x4478 |
| Size: | 1003.46 KB |
| Location: | PELELIU, PW |
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