040515-N-1194D-007 Shimoda, Japan (May 15, 2004) Ð Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard, Commander Seventh Fleet, salutes while participating in the official party during the 65th Shimoda Black Ship Festival parade. The festival promotes the theme of peaceful relations between the Japanese and American people, and commemorates the 1854 landing of Commodore Matthew Perry and the signing of the Japanese-American treaty of trade and amity at Shimoda. This year's festival commemorates the 150th anniversary of that landing. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Patrick Dille (RELEASED) US Navy 040515-N-11
040515-N-1194D-007 Shimoda, Japan (May 15, 2004) Ð Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard, Commander Seventh Fleet, salutes while participating in the official party during the 65th Shimoda Black Ship Festival parade. The festival promotes the theme of peaceful relations between the Japanese and American people, and commemorates the 1854 landing of Commodore Matthew Perry and the signing of the Japanese-American treaty of trade and amity at Shimoda. This year's festival commemorates the 150th anniversary of that landing. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Patrick Dille (RELEASED) US Navy 040515-N-1194D-007 Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard, Commander Seventh Fleet, salutes while participating in the official party during the 65th Shimoda Black Ship Festival parade
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