Showing posts with label Arlington National Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arlington National Cemetery. Show all posts
Monday, November 11, 2024
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Honors
Marine Pfc.Dawid Pietrek,24,of Bensenville,Illinois,was one of four U.S. Marines killed in action in Farah Province,Afghanistan on 14 June.A Polish immigrant,he was granted posthumous U.S. citizenship and interred in Arlington National Cemetery.He was a member of I Marine Expeditionary Force,based in Twentynine Palms,California.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Message From Jimmy
I had just received my POW-MIA flag and put it up.Picking up the morning paper,I read that Staff Sergeant James K. Caniford was being interred in Arlington National Cemetery today.He was briefly my neighbor before he joined the Air Force.Jimmy was shot down while on a mission over Laos in 1972.For decades,he was listed as missing in action.Recently,they managed to locate and identify his remains.Was it a coincidence that I flew that flag for the first time on the day of his burial? I think that was a message from Jimmy:"I am home now,but don't forget the many others who aren't."
Friday, March 7, 2008
Memorial Ship Christened
The USS New York(LPD 21),a vessel forged in tragedy,was christened on 1 March in Avondale,Louisiana.The ship's bow stem,or front edge,contains 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center rubble,and she stood up to Hurricane Katrina.An amphibious transport dock,the New York carries 699 Marines and their equipment,including the MV22 Osprey,a vertical take-off and landing aircraft.Her sister ship,the Arlington(LPD 24),is under construction,and evokes the 9-11 attack on the Pentagon in Arlington,Virginia,as well as Arlington National Cemetery.The USS New York's home port will be in Norfolk,Virginia.
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