{"id":8047,"date":"2017-07-20T18:54:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T18:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/20\/frontline-photos-may-27-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:41:07","slug":"frontline-photos-may-27-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/gallery\/2017\/07\/20\/frontline-photos-may-27-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontline Photos: May 27, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4896\" height=\"3264\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8964\" data-id=\"8964\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511626175269-may-27-frontlines-1jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511626175269-may-27-frontlines-1jpg.jpg 4896w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511626175269-may-27-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511626175269-may-27-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511626175269-may-27-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511626175269-may-27-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511626175269-may-27-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4896px) 100vw, 4896px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Members of the Old Guard, with the Washington Memorial in the back, place flags in front of every headstone at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, May 26, 2016. Soldiers were to place nearly a quarter of a million U.S. flags at the cemetery as part of a Memorial Day tradition. ( AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2297\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17567\" data-id=\"17567\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511613227186-may-27-frontlines-2jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511613227186-may-27-frontlines-2jpg.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511613227186-may-27-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=300,191 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511613227186-may-27-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=768,490 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511613227186-may-27-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=1024,653 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511613227186-may-27-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=1536,980 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511613227186-may-27-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1307 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Navy aviator involved in a crash is brought into Sentara Norfolk General Hospital&#8217;s emergency department after exiting a coast guard helicopter under his own power in Norfolk, Va., Thursday, May 26, 2016. Two Navy jet fighters collided off the coast of North Carolina during a routine training mission on Thursday, sending several people to the hospital, officials said. (L. Todd Spencer\/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)  MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4176\" height=\"2813\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-15091\" data-id=\"15091\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511594351065-may-27-frontlines-3jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511594351065-may-27-frontlines-3jpg.jpg 4176w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511594351065-may-27-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511594351065-may-27-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=768,517 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511594351065-may-27-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=1024,690 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511594351065-may-27-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1035 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999511594351065-may-27-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1380 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4176px) 100vw, 4176px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The U.S. Navy&#8217;s Blue Angels flight demonstration team performs a flyover above graduating U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen during the Academy&#8217;s graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 27, 2016. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4485\" height=\"3001\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17578\" data-id=\"17578\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512960763824-may-27-frontlines-4jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512960763824-may-27-frontlines-4jpg.jpg 4485w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512960763824-may-27-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512960763824-may-27-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=768,514 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512960763824-may-27-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=1024,685 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512960763824-may-27-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1028 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512960763824-may-27-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1370 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4485px) 100vw, 4485px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. President Barack Obama greets members of the U.S. and Japanese military as he arrives to speak at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Japan, Friday, May 27, 2016, before continuing to Hiroshima, Japan. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17581\" data-id=\"17581\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512944695721-may-27-frontlines-5jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512944695721-may-27-frontlines-5jpg.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512944695721-may-27-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512944695721-may-27-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512944695721-may-27-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512944695721-may-27-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512944695721-may-27-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division descend on Sicily Drop Zone as Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 319th Airbrone Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Artillery watch the airborne operation during the airborne review portion of All American Week 2016, Fort Bragg, N.C. May 26. The Airborne Review is the culminating event of All American Week 2016, which is an opportunity for Paratroopers past and present to celebrate being members of the All American Division. This year&#8217;s All American Week theme was, &#8220;Tomorrow&#8217;s Force, Today!&#8221; (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman\/ 82nd CAB PAO)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4161\" height=\"2816\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17585\" data-id=\"17585\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512968251872-may-27-frontlines-6jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512968251872-may-27-frontlines-6jpg.jpg 4161w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512968251872-may-27-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=300,203 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512968251872-may-27-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=768,520 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512968251872-may-27-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=1024,693 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512968251872-may-27-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1040 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999512968251872-may-27-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1386 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4161px) 100vw, 4161px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Gen. Vincent Brooks, left, commander of the United Nations Command, US Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command, and South Korean Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, carries a wreath during the Memorial Day Honor Guard Ceremony at Knight Field, a U.S. military base, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 26, 2016. (AP Photo\/Ahn Young-joon)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3832\" height=\"2610\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17605\" data-id=\"17605\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514248864081-may-27-frontlines-7jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514248864081-may-27-frontlines-7jpg.jpg 3832w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514248864081-may-27-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514248864081-may-27-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=768,523 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514248864081-may-27-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=1024,697 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514248864081-may-27-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1046 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514248864081-may-27-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1395 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3832px) 100vw, 3832px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Sailors stand topside aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Tucson (SSN 770) as the ship moors in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the successful completion of a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment May 24, 2016. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shaun Griffin)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1963\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17614\" data-id=\"17614\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514099103121-may-27-frontlines-8jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514099103121-may-27-frontlines-8jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514099103121-may-27-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514099103121-may-27-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=768,503 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514099103121-may-27-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=1024,670 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514099103121-may-27-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1005 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514099103121-may-27-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1340 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">During a training exercise, Georgian military helicopter takes part in a U.S. led joint military exercise Noble Partner 2016 at Vaziani military base, outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo\/Shakh  Aivazov)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"5760\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17624\" data-id=\"17624\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514256196128-may-27-frontlines-9jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514256196128-may-27-frontlines-9jpg.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514256196128-may-27-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514256196128-may-27-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514256196128-may-27-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514256196128-may-27-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999514256196128-may-27-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shane Martinez, a rifleman with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, mans the rails of the USS Bataan (LHD 5) in a parade of ships as part of Fleet Week in New York, May 25, 2016. The Bataan transported more than 500 Marines and Sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit who will participate in this year&#8217;s Fleet Week. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Rebecca L. Floto)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5677\" height=\"3789\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17642\" data-id=\"17642\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516481238391-may-27-frontlines-10jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516481238391-may-27-frontlines-10jpg.jpg 5677w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516481238391-may-27-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516481238391-may-27-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516481238391-may-27-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516481238391-may-27-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516481238391-may-27-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5677px) 100vw, 5677px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Turksih soldier runs toward cover during a combined Air and Amphibious Assault, which was part of Exercise EFES 2016 May 24. EFES is Turkey&#8217;s largest military exercise, which was held as a multinational event for the first time this year, including about 7,000 miltiary members from nine different countries.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4928\" height=\"3298\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17653\" data-id=\"17653\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516229452777-may-27-frontlines-11jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516229452777-may-27-frontlines-11jpg.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516229452777-may-27-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516229452777-may-27-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=768,514 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516229452777-may-27-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=1024,685 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516229452777-may-27-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1028 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516229452777-may-27-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1371 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4928px) 100vw, 4928px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Secretary of Defense Ash Carter walks with General Dynamics Electric Boat Facility leaders as he tours the facility in New London, Conn., during a visit May 24, 2016 . (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5162\" height=\"3445\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17672\" data-id=\"17672\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516696519771-may-27-frontlines-12jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516696519771-may-27-frontlines-12jpg.jpg 5162w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516696519771-may-27-frontlines-12jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516696519771-may-27-frontlines-12jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516696519771-may-27-frontlines-12jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516696519771-may-27-frontlines-12jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516696519771-may-27-frontlines-12jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5162px) 100vw, 5162px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A kindergartener at Garfield Elementary School wears an immersion suit during a safe boating lesson in Revere, Mass. May 24, 2016. The lesson coincided with National Safe Boating week. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4324\" height=\"2883\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17686\" data-id=\"17686\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516164244359-may-27-frontlines-13jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516164244359-may-27-frontlines-13jpg.jpg 4324w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516164244359-may-27-frontlines-13jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516164244359-may-27-frontlines-13jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516164244359-may-27-frontlines-13jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516164244359-may-27-frontlines-13jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635999516164244359-may-27-frontlines-13jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4324px) 100vw, 4324px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">In this Tuesday, May 24, 2016 photo, Paul Sersha, bottom left, 97, and his son, Tom, back, watch as members of the Minnesota Army National Guard Honor Guard carried a casket with the remains of Paul&#8217;s brother, John P. Sersha, from a passenger jet to a hearse during a planeside honors ceremony at St. Paul Airport in Minneapolis. Remains of a soldier from the Iron Range killed during World War II were recently identified and will reach their final resting place on Memorial Day weekend. 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