• Rocky Kinzer, left, and JD LeHew, make their way through Philomath. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The Long Road Marines in Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The Long Road Marines in Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The Long Road Marines in Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The Long Road Marines in Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The Long Road Marines in Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JD LeHew, left, and Rocky Kinzer approach the Philomath Fire & Rescue station, which raised a U.S. flag on their ladder truck for the occasion. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Rocky Kinzer, left, and JD LeHew walk past the Philomath Museum on Wednesday. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The pair pauses for a moment before continuing westward out of town. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Catherine Berry, of Philomath, waited most of the morning for a chance to meet with JD LeHew, left, and Rocky Kinzer. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JD LeHew, left, and Rocky Kinzer. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JD LeHew takes a picture of Eric Niemann and Garry Black holding up a POW-MIA flag. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The Long Road Marines in Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire & Rescue raises the American flag on a ladder truck on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The Long Road Marines in Philomath (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • The POW-MIA flag welcomes The Long Road Marines to Philomath. (Photo by Eric Niemann)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.