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Documentary photographs of ceremony, coastline and quiet ground.

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A glass museum case of framed photographs, letters and printed panels documenting local postal history. — The Record

A tall wooden display case holding open books, bound volumes and framed documents, lit warmly from within. — Reading Room

A concrete terrace outside a glass-walled building, low sun throwing long shadows of a steel stairway across the floor, with a single red chair. — Terrace, Late Afternoon

Large boulders in the foreground of a curving shoreline, dark kelp washed up along the tide line, cliffs receding into haze. — Rocks and Kelp

A beach backed by a steep bluff of palm trees, with a wooden lifeguard tower and stairway leading up from the sand. — Palms and Tower

A lone figure standing in ankle-deep water on a wide, empty beach under overcast sky. — Shallows

A skimboarder caught mid-air above the shallows of a flat, grey-lit beach, arms out for balance. — Skimboarder

A close group of wooden crosses of different sizes and colours, surrounded by stones, on the crest of the hill. — Standing Together

A view from the top of the hill down over scrubland to the base and its roads spread out along the valley floor. — The Base Below

A dark memorial plaque set into the ground beside sunflowers and small flags, its engraved text catching the light. — Dedication

A plain wooden cross on a dry slope, photographed against the ocean and a bright overcast sky. — Toward the Water

A dark cross hung with a folded flag and pale ribbons moving in the wind, name plates fixed along its crossbar. — Ribbons

A red-painted cross marked 2nd Battalion 5th Marines standing among stones and flags, with a figure walking in the middle distance. — 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines

The memorial path seen along its length, crosses and stone-edged plots on both sides, hills receding into haze. — Along the Ridge

A brass plaque on a new wooden cross reading Cpl Brayden Kornegay, August 11 2000 to July 16 2026, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion. — Cpl Brayden Kornegay

A man crouched beside a memorial marker on the hillside, surrounded by stones, cans and left offerings. — Tending

A close view of a flat memorial plaque covered with drink cans, bottles, coins and small personal objects left by visitors. — Left Behind

A carved figure of Christ mounted on a wooden cross, photographed from below against a pale sky, with the hillside falling away behind. — Figure on the Ridge

An American flag on a pole among a mound of painted river stones and memorial objects, with hills in the background. — Colours

Several weathered wooden crosses standing in dry grass beneath a wide sky of broken cloud. — Against the Weather

A dirt path running along a dry ridge, edged with rows of wooden crosses and lines of stones, with hills and low cloud beyond. — The Path Up

A darkened auditorium seen from the back rows, looking towards a brightly lit stage where a ceremony is under way. — The Ceremony

A white letter-board sign reading CONGRATULATIONS RECRUITER SCHOOL CLASS 5-26 in red type, with Marines in dress uniform standing on the steps behind it. — Class 5-26

A wide, empty parade deck with mustard-coloured barracks along one side and a small group of Marines walking in the distance. — Parade Deck, Morning