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Portrait of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ) Major Robert (Fearless) Fraser, taken at Guadalcanal, June 1, 1943. MAJ Fraser is an Ace Pilot credited with 6 kills

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC, Commanding Officer of 1ST Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment at Guadalcanal (1942)

Beverly Imeong, a mechanic trainee, reviews a technical manual with Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Kevin Griffitts. Griffitts and other United States Navy construction battalion members are part of a Civic Action Team deployed to the island of Yap to offer vocational training and to aid villagers with construction projects

Equipment Operator Second Class (EO2) Larry Fulbright instructs one of several local workers in the basic functions of carpentry. The Seabees operate an apprenticeship program with the local labor force to aid in training for self-help programs

A U.S. Army Soldier salutes while a joint military Honor Guard carries a casket draped with an American flag containing remains of believed to be of a U.S. military member found in the Papua New Guinea, Laos and Burma area during a repatriation ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 17, 2004. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins. In the background is a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. (USAF PHOTO by Mysti Bicoy, CIV) (Released)

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

A villager from Palau and his family head out to an island to fish

An airman dressed as Santa is assisted with his helmet as he prepares to push boxes rigged with parachutes out the back of a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Equipment Operator Second Class (EO2) Larry Fulbright instructs a local worker of Palau in the basic functions of carpentry. After an apprenticeship of one year of training for the local work force, the Seabees hold an awards ceremony for the local residents who are then ready to join the local labor force

The mission commander aboard a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft examines the drop zone as he prepares to deliver boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Santa nose art painted on a C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 374th Airlift Wing commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Christmas air drops to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Crews from the 345th and 21st Airlift Squadrons are assigned to fly the C-130 for the Christmas Drop '92 missions. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands