On May 5, the Australian-American Association hosted the commemoration of the battle of the coral sea here in canberra. It was pretty cool and it was nice (and rare) to celebrate both sides of my family military history at the same time. Great day!
The "Catafalque Party" made up of Australian Navy and US Marines
The Governor-General taking a wreath to lay at the American Memorial
All the wreathes from various groups
The US Ambassador to Australia giving a speech
Me with the last two surviving Australian veterans of the Coral Sea Battle - they were hilarious!
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