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Marines Awarded for Saving Life on Mt. Fuji

3rd Marine Logistics Group

July 11, 2017 | 2:17

U.S. Marine Cpls. Otto Thiele, Eric Goodman, Christopher Ehms and Lance Cpl. Avelardo Guevara Osuna receive Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals from Col. Forrest Poole aboard Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan July, 11, 2017. The Marines came together to assist a local Japanese woman during their hike on Mount Fuji, Japan, July 3, 2017. The woman, Oda Moe, was found lying on the ground, hyperventilating and struggling to breathe when the Marines came to her assistance. Together, they created a makeshift stretcher to carry her down approximately two miles to get to medical assistance. The Marines are with Electronics Maintenance Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Pinkney)