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Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lawrance F. Snowden, left, chairman of the Iwo Jima Association of America, greets an official of the Iwo Jima Association of Japan during the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima at the Reunion of Honor memorial in Iwo To, Japan, March 21, 2015.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lawrance F. Snowden, left, chairman of the Iwo Jima Association of America, greets an official of the Iwo Jima Association of Japan during the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima at the Reunion of Honor memorial in Iwo To, Japan, March 21, 2015.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lawrance F. Snowden, left, chairman of the Iwo Jima Association of America, greets an official of the Iwo Jima Association of Japan during the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima at the Reunion of Honor memorial in Iwo To, Japan, March 21, 2015.

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