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Four vintage Army Air Forces aircraft perform a missing man formation during an aerial review in honor of the Doolittle Raiders over Okaloosa Island, Fla., April 18, 2022. The review featured 30 vintage and current aircraft, including a B-25 Mitchell bomber, a B-52 Stratofortress, an F-22 Raptor, and an F-35 Lightning II.

Marines and sailors aboard the USS Portland salute the USS Arizona Memorial while manning the rails as Portland pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Feb. 19, 2022.

Navy Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell renders a salute during the USS Constitution’s change of command ceremony in Boston, Jan. 21, 2022. Farrell became the first female commander of the Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat.

USS Constitution gets underway during Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week in Boston, Oct. 22, 2021. The week is dedicated to mentoring the Navy's newest chiefs through history and heritage training aboard its oldest commissioned ship.

Ima Black, the widow of Delbert D. Black, the first master chief petty officer of the Navy, waves from an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter to the guided missile destroyer that bears his name at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., July 21, 2021. Black, the ship sponsor of the USS Delbert D. Black, visited to celebrate her 100th birthday.

U.S. service members participate in an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 24, 2021. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted ceremonies to return remains and pay tribute to the 429 sailors and Marines lost aboard the USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The remains were returned from the DPAA laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as the USS Oklahoma Project nears completion. In 2003, there were 394 Sailors and Marines unaccounted for from the USS Oklahoma; as of June 2021, more than 338 of those had been identified.

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to move a container at Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 17, 2021. Operation Colony Glacier is an effort to recover the remains of service members and wreckage from a C-124 aircraft that crash landed in 1952 with 52 military members on board. The containers are used to store and transport equipment, remains, and debris found by the recovery team.

Personnel aboard the Coast Guard cutter James Rankin use a crane to lift the Francis Scott Key buoy in Baltimore, June 10, 2021. The buoy marks the site where Key is said to have written the “Star-Spangled Banner” during the War of 1812.

USS Constitution fires its cannons as it's tugged through Boston Harbor, May 21, 2021. Sailors stationed aboard the Constitution provide free tours to more than 600,000 people a year as they support the ship’s mission of promoting Navy history. USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Marines salute during a ceremony honoring Marine Corps hero Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller and his wife, Virginia Montague Evans, at their gravesites in Saluda, Va., Oct. 23, 2020. Marines visit the site annually to honor Puller, the most decorated Marine in history.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Rick Hurt watches fireworks outside of Bastogne, Belgium, Dec. 13, 2019. The display was a part of the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge.

A World War II veteran attends a ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2019, commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day. He was one of more than 150 U.S. World War II veterans to attend.

World War II veterans, service members and other attendees watch a flyover of military aircraft during the 75th D-Day anniversary ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2019.