Photo essay: Japanese royalty pay homage to America's fallen

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  • By Staff Sgt. LuCelia Ball
PUNCHBOWL CRATER, Hawaii (AFNS) --  Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko paid tribute to the interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific July 15 here. The ceremony included the laying of a chrysanthemum wreath, the playing of "Taps" and a joint flyover by U.S. Navy and Japan Self-Defense Forces aircraft.

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