YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Command Sgt. Maj. Shigeyuki Nakagawa, 12th Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, places a flower at the Korean and Vietnam War Memorial at Greenway Park, Yakima, Wash. Sept. 6. Every year, Japanese Soldier participating in Rising Thunder to honor the fallen Soldiers in this manner by presenting white flowers for purity. Rising Thunder is an annual bilateral exercise between and Japanese forces. This year, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division is participating. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Steven


YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – Command Sgt. Maj. Shigeyuki Nakagawa, 12th Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, places a flower at the Korean and Vietnam War Memorial at Greenway Park, Yakima, Wash. Sept. 6. Every year, Japanese Soldier participating in Rising Thunder to honor the fallen Soldiers in this manner by presenting white flowers for purity. Rising Thunder is an annual bilateral exercise between and Japanese forces. This year, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division is participating. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Schneider, 5th MPAD)


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