Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tenchi Lee, a field artillery cannoneer with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, places an expended round from a 105 mm M101A1 howitzer on the ground 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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