Marine Corps LCpl. Jondrett Brucelaz, a field artillery cannoneer with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, chambers a round in a 105 mm M101A1 howitzer during a 21-gun salute ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 4, 2022. The Fourth of July has been recognized as the birth of American Independence and is celebrated with a 21-gun salute to give honors to the tradition it upholds.

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