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- Captain Juurou Isuzu

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- [Jeremy] Service members
from Yokota Air Base,

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the Japan Self-Defense Forces,
and residents from Shizuoka,

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hiked up Mount Shizuhata
together to participate

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in the annual memorial
ceremony for the American

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service members and
Japanese civilians that died

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in an air raid over the city in 1945.

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- It shows that no matter
what your history together is,

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you can always come
together, and you can form

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a relationship and work together.

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- [Jeremy] The ceremony is so impactful

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that it leaves many at a loss for words.

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- I don't have a good way to describe it.

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I think it's an incredible
feeling to be out here.

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It's really incredible
to be involved with them

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and work together with
them and make that bond.

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- [Jeremy] Honoring the
fallen on both sides

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of past conflicts makes
friends of former enemies

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and brings us one step
closer to world peace.

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Private Jeremy Stillwagner,
Shizuoka, Japan.