Marine from Kent earns awards for photography, reporting

For the Reporter

Sgt. Reece Lodder, USMC, of Kent, recently earned two Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Awards for his photography and news reporting.

Lodder, a combat correspondent with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, was honored for his work during his deployment to Afghanistan. While there, he documented the daily lives and missions of Marines.

Lodder earned the Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal Award in photography for his image, “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie”. Lodder captured Blue, an improvised explosive device detection dog, curled up between two Marines as the patrol rested in a dirty, abandoned, mud-walled compound.

For more about the photo and its story, read here.

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Lodder also received the General Oliver P. Smith Award in local news reporting for his article, “Remembering Greeley”. Lodder tells the story of 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, the Marine who carried his flag to Iwo Jima.

Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mount Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in one of the war’s most famous photos.

For the entire story, read here.

The foundation’s annual awards are given for exemplary portrayals of Marine Corps history, culture and service in a broad range of fields, including photography, documentaries, journalism, poetry, nonfiction and fiction writing.

The April 25 award ceremony was at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, in Triangle, Va.

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PHOTO BELOW: From left: Gen. Walter E. Boomer, USMC (Ret.), chairman of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Board; Sgt. Maj Ronald L. Green, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Lt. Gen. Robert R. Blackman, Jr., USMC (Ret.), president and CEO of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation present Sgt. Reece Lodder (center), USMC, Kent, with the Foundation’s Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal Award for his photo “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie,” as well as with the Foundation’s General Oliver P. Smith Award for “Remembering Greeley.” Photo by Mark Tenally

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