The Projector: Honors for the Fallen, Greetings for a Carrier Crew - Honolulu Civil Beat

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Glorious Morning at Punchbowl Crater Flags fly at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific before the city of Honolulu's 66th annual Memorial Day service Monday.
Under Lady Liberty's Gaze Ceremony attendees gather at the foot of the grand stone staircase of the Honolulu Memorial.
Hallowed Ground Flags decorate the graves of fallen service members who died in conflicts dating back to World War I.
Congressional Salute U.S. Rep. Mark Takai, a combat veteran and lieutenant colonel in the Hawaii Army National Guard, salutes during the Memorial Day ceremony.
Back to the States The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrives in Pearl Harbor on Wednesday after its crew completed combat operations over Iraq and Syria.
Reeling in a Big One Navy personnel pull in lines from the carrier, which was making a brief stop in Hawaii before returning to its home port in San Diego.
The Harbor's Signature Scene Crew members on the deck check out the USS Arizona Memorial as their vessel arrives in Pearl Harbor.
Homecoming Embrace Crew member Keanu Robertson of Hawaii, an aviation boatswain’s mate equipment airman, hugs his girlfriend, Amber Eckerle, as his tearful sister, Mia Nina Turro, watches.

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