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Volunteer State
War Era Veterans Honor Guard
Knoxville,
Tennessee
est.1987
American Hero Dying For Freedom
Isn't The Worst That Can Happen
Being Forgotten is! ...
"A Nation Reveals Itself Not Only By
The Men It Produces, But Also By The
Men It Honors. "
John F. Kennedy, President
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Volunteer State
Veterans Honor Guard Civic Ceremonies
Heroes Honoring Heroes - 2012
Staring our own
Major Mike Inman
(towards end of video)
To view video, Click on site below
Length: 12 Minutes
watch-v=NDbeW7SyKdQ&feature=youtu.be&a
Video created by Ann Wolf
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The Following
Three Ceremonies Can be Performed Upon Request
by the Volunteer
State Veterans Honor Guard
The Three Listed
Ceremonies Below Cannot be Performed at any Military Honors Funeral
Civic Ceremonies Only
1. Solider
Battlefield Cross
The Fallen Soldier
Battle Cross, Battlefield Cross or Battle Cross is a symbolic
replacement of a cross, or marker appropriate to an individual
service-member's religion,
on the
battlefield or at the base camp for a
soldier who has
been killed. It is made up of the soldier's
rifle stuck into
the ground or into the soldier's boots, with helmet on top.
Dog tags are
sometimes
placed on the rifle, and the boots of the dead soldier can be placed
next to the rifle. The purpose is to show honor and respect for the dead
at the battle
site. The practice started during the
American Civil War
or maybe earlier as a means of identifying the bodies on the
battleground before they were removed.
Today, it is an
immediate means of showing respect for the dead among the still living
members of the
troop. It might
be seen in the field or base camp after the battle
in
Afghanistan or
Iraq. Used less
today as a means to identify the dead but more as a private ceremony
among those still living as a means to mourn, as attending
the funeral is not
always possible for soldiers still in the fight.
Fallen Soldier Battle Cross,
Battlefield Cross or Battle Cross
To view this video, click on the
link below:
Lenght: 5:04
minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5SQ9GXfpg
Video Created by Ann M Wolf
2. Missing Man
Table
The listed items are considered traditional. Some
commands and units may place headcovers or other items at the place
setting as well.
- Table: set for
one, is small, symbolizing the frailty of one isolated prisoner. The
table is usually set close to, or within sight of, the entrance to the
dining room. For large events of the Missing Man Table is set for six
places: members of the five armed services (Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Air Force, and Coast Guard) and a sixth place setting reminiscent of the
civilians who died during service alongside the armed forces or missing
during armed conflict .
Table is round to represent everlasting concern on the part of the
survivors for their missing loved ones.
- Tablecloth is
white, symbolic of the purity of their intentions to respond to their
country’s call to arms.
- Single red
rose in the vase, signifies the blood that many have shed in sacrifice
to ensure the freedom of our beloved United States of America. This rose
also reminds us of the family and friends of our missing comrades who
keep the faith, while awaiting their return.
- Yellow ribbon
on the vase represents the yellow ribbons worn on the lapels of the
thousands who demand with unyielding determination a proper accounting
of our comrades who
- are not
among us tonight.[
- Slice of lemon
on the bread plate: represents the bitter fate of the missing.
- Salt sprinkled
on the bread plate: symbolic of the countless fallen tears of families
as they wait.
- Inverted glass:
represents the fact that the missing and fallen cannot partake.
- Lit candle:
reminiscent of the light of hope which lives in our hearts to illuminate
their way home, away from their captors, to the open arms of a grateful
nation.
- Empty chair:
the missing and fallen aren't present.
- The Bible
represents the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from
our country, founded as one nation under God.
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Missing Man
Table
To view this video, click on the
link below:
Length: 6:57
minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89gtW95Ot6g
Video Created by Ann M Wolf
3. The Flag Folding
Ceremony - Meaning of each of the 13 Folds of the Flag
To view video, Click on the site below
Length: 6.41 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Lf9WTiawQ
Video Created by Ann M Wolf
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Rotary Club International
Bearden, Knoxville, Tennessee
18
April 2018
13
Folds
The Military Order Of The World Wars
Knoxville Chapter
Twentieth Annual Massing of the Colors and Memorial Service
Saturday, 28 October 2017 at the First Baptist Church of Concord
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Roane County High School
Band Spring Concert with the United States Air Force
hosting a Tribute to
Veterans great bunch of guys the music was outstanding.
Sergeant Major
Bob LeTellier with the United States Air Force Band members and Honor Guard
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58th Anniversary of the Chartering of the
Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH)
Friday, 26 August, 2016
To
Inquire About Becoming
a
Member, Please Contact Commander Todd Shaw
Todd Shaw
Sergeant Major Bob LeTellier,
Chief Master Sergeant Gary Woolf, Major Mike Inman and
Staff Sergeant Dan Morris
attend the 58th anniversary luncheon of the Order of the Purple Heart
(MOPH).
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Staff
Sergeant Pam Burdette, a member of the Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard
Visits the East Knox Elementary School to Share Her Military Experiences with
the students
and Her Nephew
Veterans Day
11
November, 2015
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Petty Officer First Class
Herb Kraehmer, along with the
Volunteer
State Veterans Honor Guard,
Recognizes the United States Military Homeless Veterans
at
the Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM)
Veterans Day
11
November, 2015 and 2016
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Petty
Officer Second Class Boyd Armstrong,
a
Retired Member of the Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard,
Receives Help from the Fifth Third Bank and
Rebuilding Together Knoxville
7
November, 2015
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Four Homeless Veterans Honored
27
October, 2015
East
Tennessee Veterans Cemetery (John Sevier)
Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard
Petty
Officer First Class Herb Kraehmer Standing (left side)
Vice
Commander Fred Adomat Holding Coast Guard Flag (2nd from right)
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The
Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard Participated in
a
Musical Celebration Honoring the History and Heritage of our Great Nation
"The
Spirit of America"
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA, 2014
Part I
To View Video, Click on
Link below
Length 18:43 minutes
https://youtu.be/7REGelo9kZI
Part II
To View Video, Click on
Link below
Length 19:56 minutes
https://youtu.be/LQ-NIw-NELI
Part III
*Honor
Guard appears in this segment
To View Video, Click on
Link below
Length 18:04 minutes
https://youtu.be/Y_6r1U35O24
Part IV
To View Video, Click on
Link below
Length 18:18 minutes
https://youtu.be/VIPz4HnbfYc
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Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard
Pearl
Harbor Day, 2014, 2015
East
Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, (Lions View),
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard
Memorial Day, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
East
Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, (Lions View),
Knoxville, Tennessee
Assembly
of the Soldier's Cross by the
Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard
Top
photo from front to back, Sergeant First Class Ed Layman, Petty Officer second
Class, Kelly Rabb,
Corporal, Mickey Vickery, Petty Officer First Class Mike Church and Knoxville
Mayor Tim Burchett .
Bottom photo, Petty Officer Second Class, Kelly Rabb placing the Helmet
on
top of the rifle. This the 4th and last item to be placed on the Solider' Cross
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CHATTANOOGA
SHOOTING
20 July, 2015
Volunteer State Veterans Honor
Guard members attended the Mass
in Chattanooga. See lower
right side from left to right
Congressman
Chuck
Fleischman and
Wife Brenda,
Petty Officer Second Class
Kelly Rabb, Staff Sergeant Richie O'Brien
and Vice Commander Fred
Adomat
Military
Veterans (Volunteer State Veterans Honor Guard Members)
From right to
left Staff Sergeant Richie O'Brien and
Petty Officer
Second Class, Kelly Rabb, Congressman Chuck
Fleischman and
Wife, Brenda
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RED DAY
18 May, 2015,
2016
Volunteer
State Veterans Honor Guard
from right to
left, Major Mike Inman, Julia Hurley
and Sergeant Major Bob LeTellier
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Medal of Honor
Flag Raising Ceremony
World's Fair Park
Friday, November
8, 2013
Knoxville,
Tennessee
First Row From Left to Right
Staff Sergeant Donald Booker -
Staff Sergeant Bud Cassidy - Colonel Grover Wilson
Lieutenant Chuck Sayne and
Staff Sergeant Carl McCarter
Second Row From Left to Right
Captain Rita Caldwell - Lieutenant Colonel David Caldwell
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From Left to Right
Major Mike Inman Shaking
Hands With Medal of Honor Recipient
Colonel Walter "Joe" Marm -
Staff Sergeant Bud Cassidy in background right
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Final "In God We
Trust" Sign Placed in Oak Ridge
21 September, 2013
From Left to Right
Leon Jaquet
(Veteran Services Officer) - Staff Sergeant Brad
Heun
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Flag Ceremony
30 June, 2013
Valley Grove Baptist Church, Clinton Tennessee
Captain David
Caldwell, Lance Corporal Katie Fisher, Colonel Steve Holbert
Staff Sergeant
Carey Kraehmer, Petty Officer First Class Herb Kraehmer
Staff Sergeant
Carl McCarter and Keigan Troutt
and
Main Street Baptist Church, Lake City, Tennessee
Major Mike
Inman, Master Sergeant Bob LeTellier, First Sergeant Michael Roberts
Staff Sergeant
Bud Cassidy and Master Sergeant Gary Woolf
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Color Guard at East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, (Lyons View),
Knoxville,
Tennessee, Memorial Day,
2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
Left to Right - Staff Sergeant, Bud
Cassidy - Major, David Caldwell - First Lieutenant, Renee Follum - Chief, Bob
Bridges
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Yesterday’s Soldier Ceremony, Knoxville,
Tennessee,
24
May, 2013
Chief Bob Bridges Checking To Make
Sure That We Are Correctly Aligned
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Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Service
December 7, 2012,
2013, 2014,
2015 and 2016
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Blue Star Memorial
Marker Dedication
National Garden
Clubs, Inc
East Tennessee
Veterans Cemetery, (John Sevier)
April 20, 2012
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278th Army
National Guard Retirees Association Dinner
Prisoner of War -
Missing Man Table - Killed in Action Memorial Ceremony
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First School in
the United States to Receive the Medal of Honor Flag
Cedar Bluff Middle School
Knoxville, Tennessee
Monday, November
19, 2012
Colonel Grover Wilson
and Major David Caldwell (hidden behind flag)
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Medal of Honor
Convention in Louisville, Kentucky
August, 2011
This is Col
Bruce Crandall, USA, Medal of Honor recipient. COL Wilson attended the
convention representing MK & the Volunteer State Veteran’s Honor Guard.
This man
was the helicopter pilot that rescued the troops in the movie “We were
Soldiers.” 22 trips he made, shot up, and under fire. True story, obviously.
There were
48 MOH members
of the society there and I met and spoke with about 30. I also met Sgt Lee Roy
Petree, who lost his right hand (War on Terror) and was recently
awarded the
Medal of Honor
As you know,
the city of Knoxville is competing for the convention in 2014. This was a
lifetime event. The entertainer of the year was Trace Atkins and the patriot of
the
year was
Senator Mitch McConnell, who were both present. The emcee was Miss America from
Kentucky. We are getting a good jump on our competitor for the convention-
Omaha, Neb. We
make the presentation in March of next year.
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Delegation for the Medal of Honor Convention in 2014 on Floor of NYSE.
Colonel Grover Wilson Second From Left
Picture of Colonel Grover Wilson (right) and
Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. Jackson
Medal of Honor Recipient
311th Air Commando Squadron
Kham Duc, South Vietnam, 1968
C-123
pilot, who also served in World War II and Korea
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Medal of Honor Video That Helped
the Recipients to Pick Knoxville for the
2014 Annual Convention of the
Congressional
Medal Of Honor Society
To view video, Click on the link below
Length 8.52 minutes
https://youtu.be/NYFp_vV4coo
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Medal of Honor Luncheon
November, 2010
April, 2011
April, 2012
Medal of Honor Recipient
Colonel Leo K. Thorsness, United
States Air Force
357th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Wild Weasel Dogfight over North
Vietnam, 1967
Ceremony, November, 2010
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Medal of Honor Recipient
Colonel Jack H. Jacobs, United
States Army
U.S. Army Element, U.S. Military
Assistance Command
Kein Phong Province, South Vietnam,
1968
Ceremony, April, 2011
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Medal of Honor Luncheon
April, 2011
From left to right
Brigadier General Jim Mungenast, Major Rolan
Waters, Gunnery Sergeant John Bell, in front of
Gunnery Sergeant John Bell - Medal of
Honor Winner, Colonel Jack H. Jacobs, United States Army, Vietnam War,
Major Thomas Reese, Master Sergeant Gary Woolf,
Colonel Grover Wilson, Captain David Caldwell
Captain Mike Inman and Sergeant Brad Heun
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Medal of Honor Recipient
Sergeant First Class Sammy L.
Davis, United States Army
Cai Lay, South Vietnam, 1967
Ceremony, April, 2012
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Flag Ceremony for Medal of
Honor Recipient,
Colonel Jack H Jacobs
Sacred Heart Elementary School
April, 2011
Colonel Grover Wilson introducing Medal of
Honor recipient, Colonel Jack H Jacobs to the
Sacred Heart Elementary School assembly
From left to right
Staff Sergeant Brad Heun, Master Sergeant Gary
Woolf, Major Thomas Reese
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Emeritus Assisted
Living
Flag Ceremony
Oak Ridge,
Tennessee
November, 2011
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Volunteer State
Veterans Honor Guard Supports the
Farragut High
School NJROTC
Fund Raising Pancake
Breakfast
September, 2011and
2012
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NHC Assisted
Living Veterans Day Flag Ceremony
Knoxville,
Tennessee
November 8, 2011
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World Trade Center
Steel Arrival to TVA Kingston Fossil Plant
August 12, 2011
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Daughter's of the American
Revolution (DAR)
Medal of Honor
Presentation/Reception
For Honorary Honor Guard Member
Compatriot James Rogers
Tuesday, 2 August, 2011
On Tuesday, August 2, the Mary Blount
Chapter of the DAR hosted a reception where they presented Stephen Holston
Chapter Compatriot James Rogers the
DAR's National Society's
prestigious Medal of Honor. Compatriot Rogers was recognized for his
accomplishments in the areas of leadership, trustworthiness, patriotism,
and service. This is the
highest honor the DAR can bestow upon a non-member.
Compatriot Rogers was
recognized for his work with the American Eagle Foundation. He was
instrumental in the establishment of the American Eagle Foundation's
United States Eagle Center
at Dollywood. Compatriot Rogers served in the TN National Guard, and wrote
the song "I Guard America' which was selected by the
U.S. Army and Air
National Guard as its official song. Those attending were fortunate enough
to have him perform 4 of his songs for us during the evenings events.
We would like to thank Compatriot Rogers
for the contributions that he has made and congratulate him on the
reception of the DAR's Medal of Honor.
Some of those in
attendance were Adjutant General of the TN National Guard, Major General
Terry M. "Max" Haston, Mike Acuff of the American Eagle Foundation,
Linda Jones Regent
TNDAR, Ollie Ellyson DAR Americanism State Chairman, and Compatriot
Rogers' wife Debbie.
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East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery
(Lyons View)
Memorial Day Flag Ceremony
May, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
and 2016
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Remote Area Medical
(RAM)
D-Day Celebration, 4
June - 6 June
2011, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015 and 2016
Knoxville, Tennessee
NORMANDY VETERAN (C47/DC3) IS FLAGSHIP of
REMOTE
AREA MEDICAL VOLUNTEER CORPS
The Remote
Area Medicals C47/DC3 rolled off the assembly line April 6, 1944, and
joined the European Theater of Operations with the United States
9th
Air Force on June 3rd the same year. Three days later, on that
fateful day of terror and triumph known as D-Day, she dropped paratroopers
onto the
beaches at Normandy. in her early
days, N982Z flew perilous skies for the sake of a free world. As she
celebrates her 68th year of flight, she takes to peace
time skies in another
unique contribution to freedom – freedom from the suffering created by
isolation from medical care. She continues her proud tradition of
serving others by transporting
equipment, supplies and volunteers to Remote Area Medical® (RAM) free health
care expeditions in the United States and abroad.
Stan Brock,
chief pilot of N982Z, founder of Remote Area Medical® and former co-host of
the Wild Kingdom television show, cut his pilot’s teeth in the
Amazon rain forest while living
in the South American country of Guyana. His airborne journey has taken him
from bush pilot to the airline transport business and full
circle to a RAM free air
ambulance service to the indigenous dwellers in the jungle where he learned
to fly. Stan is RAM’s volunteer Director of Operations and
flies other aircraft donated to
the organization. His co-pilot today is Jim Massengill and Larry Harris is
Crew Chief.
Guest
Speaker Colonel Grover Wilson
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Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR National
Society - State and Chapter Website Listings
John Fox, SR
Revolutionary War Soldier
Grave Marking
21 July, 2007
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Sons of the American Revolution
Tennessee Society Sons of the American
Revolution
Stephen Holston Chapter
Flag Ceremony, Fort James White,
Knoxville, Tennessee
4 July, 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
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GOOD MORNING, EAST TENNESSEE
Ceremony
Today to Honor
Revolutionary War Soldier
(Knoxville News Sentinel, 21 July,
2007)
The Cavett Station Chapter of the
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will place and
dedicate a commemorative marker on the grave
Revolutionary War soldier John Fox Sr. it 10 am today at the Fox family
cemetery on Emory Road. The ceremony will include an honor guard
provided by
Volunteer State Veterans, a gun volley salute, and a memorial by Fox
descendant Lynn Fox in period dress. The cemetery is 0.8 miles on
Emory Road from north
Clinton Highway. It is on the right (north) side of Emory Road. Signs and
balloons will mark the entrance to the field. John Fox was in the
Light Horse Company
in
the Battle of Kings Mountain. He settled in Knox County after the war, where
he and his wife, Valencia, raised IS children. He died on his farm off Emory
Road
in 1840. A reception at Grace Baptist Church, 7M Oak Ridge Highway follows
the ceremony Both the ceremony and reception are free and open to the
public.
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Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club
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Rifle Volley and Flag Folding at
Patriot Point
Oliver Springs, Tennessee
2005
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Flag Ceremony,
Harley Davidson, Quaker Steak and Lube Restaurant
and Harley Davidson Store, Lovell Road
Knoxville, Tennessee
1 July, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
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Dollywood
http://dollywood.com
The Volunteer State Veterans Honor
Guard Roll Call
Prior to the Dollywood Veterans Day
Ceremony
8 November, 2015
Veterans Day
Volunteer State Veterans Honor
Guard Waiting
for the Start of the Dollywood
Veterans Day Ceremony
8 November, 2015
Veterans Day
Saluting Our Veterans
Memorial Day - Veterans Day
30 May and 11
November
2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016
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TENNESSEE MUSEUM OF AVIATION
WAR BIRD COLLECTION
http://www.tnairmuseum.org
The Moving Vietnam Wall
Opening and Closing Ceremony
August 28 and September 1, 2008
The Moving Wall
Names Forever Engraved
Tennessee Museum of Aviation
Sevierville, Tennessee
Click on Link Below
Length 15:07 minutes
watch-v=Yy7dGUIGlZg
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Did you know someone that lost their
life in Vietnam?
If so, click on the
link below and then click on a state. When it opens, scroll down to the city
and the names will appear.
Then click on their
names. It should show you a picture of the person, or at least their bio and
medals.
You will be able to
add your addendum to his memorial.
http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm
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Central
Baptist Church
Oak Ridge,
Tennessee
November, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
and 2015
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Veterans Day
Elks, Eagles and Moose Clubs
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
November 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
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Blount Memorial Cancer Center
Scoops and Salutes
Cancer Survivor Homecoming
Maryville, Tennessee
June 6, 2010
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Wamplers Farm Sausage Company Picnic
Knoxville, Tennessee
May 31st, 2010
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Calvary Baptist Church
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
23 May, 2010 and 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015 and 2016
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Secret City Festival
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
June - 2008, 2009 and 2010
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Pictures to Enlarge
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Veterans Day Parade
11 November, 2008
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Ground Breaking Ceremony For The New
Veterans Cemetery
November 23, 2010
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