The Battle of Okinawa memorial

Peace Prayer Park, located in Itoman City, Japan, has 94 wall segments dedicated to Americans and Europeans who died during the Battle of Okinawa more than 60 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

The Battle of Okinawa memorial

Tech. Sgt. Victor Follis does a pencil rubbing July 15 of the name of a servicemember who died in the Battle of Okinawa. Sergeant Follis does the rubbings to help family members to remain connected to their loved ones who died in the battle more than 60 years ago. The memorial is located in Peace Prayer Park in Itoman City, Japan. Sergeant Follis is with the 18th Maintenance Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon)

Remembering D-Day

Staff Sgt. Mark Benavides (left to right), Staff Sgt. Jacob Dowrard, Airman 1st Class Mark Hayes and Tech. Sgt. Charles Garcia take a quiet walk to pay their respects to the fallen at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial June 5 in Saint Larent-sur-Mer, France. Sergeant Benavides is a crew chief with the 86th Operational Support Squadron, Sergeant Dowrard an integrated aviation specialist from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Airman Hayes is a crew chief from the 86th AXMS, and Sergeant Garcia is a C-130 Hercules mechanic from the 86th AXMS. All are from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in Normandy to support D-Day commemorations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amber Bressler)

Remembering D-Day

Staff Sgt. Jacob Dowrard (left) and Airman 1st Class Mark Hayes walk through the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial June 5 in Saint Larent-sur-Mer, France. The grounds hold the remains of more than 10,000 American servicemen and women, and are situated on the bluffs above Omaha Beach. Sergeant Dowrard is an integrated aviation specialist and Airman Hayes is a crew chief, both from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amber Bressler)

Remembering D-Day

Several hundred American Soldiers and Airmen paratroopers from the Southern European Task Force traveled from Vicenza, Italy, and British servicemembers pay their respects at the Brittany American Cemetery while participating in D-Day Ceremonies June 4 in Normandy, France. More than 4,000 American casualties of World War II are buried at this cemetery and memorial in St. James. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Amber Bressler)

455 AEW holds memorial vigil

Airmen assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, read the Airman?s Memorial following a Memorial Day observance ceremony May 26. During the ceremony, the names of 44 Airmen assigned to the 332nd AEW who died since 2003 were read. Those names, along with the deceased Airmen?s Air Force specialty code badges, are displayed on the Airman?s Memorial. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)