Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment stand and kneel near the 2nd Marine Division “Follow Me” Memorial on Betio, Kiribati, July 22, 2018. A handful of Marines and Sailors have been selected to represent 2/8 while returning to the site of the Marine Corps’ bloodiest and most tenacious battle. 2/8 is forward deployed to 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan as part of the unit Deployment Program.
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