Capt. Joe Hamlin gives Donald Irwin, a Navy World War II veteran, a tour of the Bell AH-1 Super Cobra, April 7, 2017 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Irwin fought in the battles for Midway and Guadalcanal and survived the sinking of the USS Colhoun during the battle for Okinawa. Irwin decided to return to Okinawa and exchange stories with the Marines and Sailors stationed on the island. Hamlin, a Corbin, Kentucky, native, is a Bell AH-1 Super Cobra pilot with Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Irwin is

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Capt. Joe Hamlin gives Donald Irwin, a Navy World War II veteran, a tour of the Bell AH-1 Super Cobra, April 7, 2017 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. Irwin fought in the battles for Midway and Guadalcanal and survived the sinking of the USS Colhoun during the battle for Okinawa. Irwin decided to return to Okinawa and exchange stories with the Marines and Sailors stationed on the island. Hamlin, a Corbin, Kentucky, native, is a Bell AH-1 Super Cobra pilot with Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Air Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Irwin is a native of San Jose, California. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Pinkney)

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