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BROLL & Interviews | No Marine Left Behind: An Osprey, an Air Force aircrew, and the Marines they saved in Okinawa

III Marine Expeditionary Force

Feb. 17, 2017 | 9:19

Interviews: Air Force Capt. John Krzyminski, a combat rescue officer with the 31st Rescue Squadron and Cincinnati, Ohio native.

Lt. Gen. Larry D. Nicholson, commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force and Toronto, Canada native.

Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick Lowe, the director of operations of the 31st Rescue Squadron.

B-roll: Lt. Gen. Nicholson shakes hands with airmen from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadron, at Kadena Air Force Base. Nicholson speaks to the airmen present during the event. Nicholson gives his coin to Capt. Krzyminski and Lt. Col. Patrick Lowe, two of the airmen responsible for assisting in the search and rescue of an MV-22 Osprey, Dec. 13, 2016.

Video description: Lt. Gen. Larry D. Nicholson thanks airmen from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadron, at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 14, 2017, for assisting in the search and rescue of an MV-22 Osprey, Dec. 13, 2016. Nicholson is the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force. The aircraft had five crew members onboard, but thanks to the quick thinking of the pilot and the efforts of the airmen who responded to the incident, all were recovered.

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