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Annual holiday tree lighting ceremony

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- The base's annual holiday tree lighting ceremony was held here Dec. 5. The ceremony included a performance by the Hamura City Musashino Elementary School band and an appearance by Santa Claus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Fowler)

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Annual Toys for Tots kicks off holiday season around Yokota AB

AKIRUNO CITY, Japan -- Children greet members from U.S. Marine Corps at Ajiro orphanage in Akiruno city, Tokyo, Dec. 14, 2012 during the annual Toys for Tots drive. Toys for Tots is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve program to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November, and December each year. Those toys are distributed as Christmas gift to needy children in the community. Marines at Yokota Air Base, Japan, distributed toys to children at local orphanages surrounding the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

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Annual Toys for Tots kicks off holiday season around Yokota AB

AKIRUNO CITY, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeremiah Crane, right, U.S. Forces, Japan, explains how to use a horse toy to children at Ajiro orphanage in Akiruno city, Tokyo, Dec. 14, 2012 during the annual USMC Reserve Toys for Tots drive. In 1947, a group of U.S. Marine Reservists collected and distributed 5,000 toys to children in need on Christmas Eve in the Los Angeles area. The USMC has distributed more than 300 million toys to 150 million children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

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Annual Toys for Tots kicks off holiday season around Yokota AB

AKIRUNO CITY, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Crystal Greene, American Forces Network broadcast producer, presents a child with a toy as Christmas gift at Ajiro orphanage in Akiruno city, Tokyo, Dec. 14, 2012 during the annual USMC Reserve Toys for Tots drive. In 1947, a group of U.S. Marine Reservists collected and distributed 5,000 toys to children in need on Christmas Eve in the Los Angeles area. The USMC has distributed more than 300 million toys to 150 million children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

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Annual Toys for Tots kicks off holiday season around Yokota AB

AKIRUNO CITY, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Arsenio Cortez, U.S. Forces Japan, present child a toy as Christmas gift at Ajiro orphanage in Akiruno city, Tokyo, Dec. 14, 2012 during annual USMC Reserve Toys for Tots drive. Toys for Tots began in 1947, when Maj. Bill Hendricks and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

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Annual Toys for Tots kicks off holiday season around Yokota AB

AKIRUNO CITY, Japan -- Members from the U.S. Marine Corps stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepare toys to be handed out as Christmas gifts at Ajiro orphanage in Akiruno city, Tokyo, Dec. 14, 2012 during the annual USMC Reserve Toys for Tots drive. Every year between October and December, the USMC Reserve program collects new, unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots program. Those toys are distributed as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

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Annual Toys for Tots kicks off holiday season around Yokota AB

AKIRUNO CITY, Japan -- U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeremiah Crane, U.S. Forces, Japan, carries toys to the Ajiro orphanage in Akiruno city, Tokyo, Dec. 14, 2012 during the annual USMC Reserve Toys for Tots drive. Marines at Yokota Air Base, Japan distributed toys collected to children at local orphanages in the community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

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Annual tree lighting ceremony

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Jeff Newell, 374th Airlift Wing commander, and children from around base cheer when the Yokota holiday tree is lit during the annual holiday ceremony Dec. 5. The ceremony also included an appearance by Santa Claus and a performance by the Hamura City Musashino Elementary School band. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Fowler)

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AKIRUNO CITY, Japan -- A child receives a toy as a Christmas gift from Sgt. Stacian Manglay, U.S. Forces Japan, at Ajiro Orphanage, Akiruno City, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 16, 2011. Toys for Tots is a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve program that is designed for the collection of new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, for distribution of those toys as gifts to needy children in the community during the holiday season. Marines at Yokota AB distributed the toys collected to children at local orphanages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota West Elementary School students display traditional outfits from a variety of cultures May 21 at the school's Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration. The celebration also included music and dance performances from a variety of Asian Pacific cultures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Veronica Quezada, a 5th grader at Yokota West Elementary School, leads fellow students and faculty members in an Hawaiian dance May 21 at the school's Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration. The celebration also included music and dance performances from a variety of Asian Pacific cultures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yukari Abe performs Karate May 21 for Yokota West Elementary School students during the school's Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration. The celebration also included music and dance performances from various Asian Pacific cultures. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Yokota Air Base, Japan, Honor Guardsmen present the colors during the 47th annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony, at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. The ceremony takes place to honor the lives of those who perished during a bombing raid over Shizuoka City during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Lt. Col. Cataleya Carlson, 36th Airlift Squadron commander, waters a dogwood tree during the 47th annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony, at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. Over 100 years ago, Japan donated 3,000 cherry blossom trees to the United States as a gesture of friendship, and the U.S. returned the gesture in 2012 by donating 3,000 Dogwood trees to Japan. There are two located on the shrine grounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Dr. Hiroya Sugano, B-29 Memorial Ceremony host (left), and Col. Jason Mills, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, take part in an incense offering ceremony during the 47th annual B-29 Ceremony at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. Flowers, incense and prayers were offered to the B-29 aircrew and Japanese civilians who lost their lives during a bombing raid over Shizuoka City in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Attendees of the 47th annual B-29 Ceremony take part in an incense offering ceremony at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. Flowers, incense, and prayers were offered to the B-29 aircrew and Japanese civilians who lost their lives during a bombing raid over Shizuoka City in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Airman 1st Class Veronica Hambel, 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolman (front), and Airman 1st Class John Mutiso, 374th Maintenance Operations Squadron documentation apprentice, lay flowers at the base of the Japanese memorial statue during the 47th annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. Flowers, incense, and prayers were offered to the B-29 aircrew and Japanese civilians who lost their lives during a bombing raid over Shizuoka City in World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Members of the 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, shake hands with surviving family members of the Japanese Imperial Army during the 47th annual B-29 Memorial Ceremony at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. Since 1972, Yokota Airmen and Japanese citizens have come together to honor those who lost their lives in an air raid, and subsequent B-29 crash, over Shizuoka City during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Dr. Hiroya Sugano, B-29 Memorial Ceremony host, speaks during the ceremony at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. Sugano spoke about the importance of conducting memorial rituals and how ceremonies can bring everyone one step closer to world peace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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B-29 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen

Col. Jason Mills, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, speaks during the ceremony at Sengen Shrine in Shizuoka City, Japan, June 22, 2019. Mills spoke about the close bond that has been forged since the start of the ceremony, and the importance of remembering the sacrifices made and how the continued work will protect the resulting peace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Gabrielle Spalding)

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