Memorial Day: Hundreds Pay Tribute at Miramar National Cemetery

Memorial Day: Hundreds pay tribute at Miramar National Cemetery

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Hundreds gathered at Miramar National Cemetery on Sunday to commemorate Memorial Day, honoring those who gave their lives for the country. The ceremony was hosted by the Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation and marked the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. What’s closed on Memorial Day in San Diego? Vice Admiral Dan Cheever, Commander of Naval Air Forces, addressed the crowd, empha…

Lives Of Service And Sacrifice: Remembering Two American Soldiers - Armed Forces Press

On a wall in the lobby of the Guilford, CT Town Hall building, two photographs of deceased American soldiers are displayed in black frames. In one of them, pictured against the rugged snow-covered mountains of Afghanistan, is U.S. Army Special Forces Captain Andrew Pedersen-Keel, 28, of Madison, CT. There is a youthful exuberance in his demeanor. Standing in the bright sunshine in fatigues and wearing dark sunglasses, his equipment slung over hi…

Remembering lives lost at the Memorial Day celebration at Miramar National Cemetery

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) "When you read the history of the 17-year-olds that got on ships and went onto the pacific, and were gone for four years," said Patrick McGrath, a retired admiral with the United States Navy. "There were soldiers in Europe that were gone for five years. When you read what they did, you can't help but feel pride in what you're doing today. And realize that you're part of something that's larger than yourself."McGrath is rememberi…

Memorial Day service held at Miramar National Cemetery

On a gloomy Sunday afternoon, dozens of people gathered at Miramar National Cemetery for a Memorial Day service. Larry Anderson, a Vietnam Veteran who served in the U.S. Army, remembers well his time in the war roughly 50 years ago. “You never forget. You don’t forget those. It always lingers in your mind that you… you go about your business, but it’s always there,” said Anderson. Anderson was sat alongside his fellow veterans at the ceremony. H…

On Memorial Day, remembering stories of 40 York County men who died in Vietnam

In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a Marine. A month later, another mine killed a Rock Hill soldier with 10 siblings back home and a week left on his tour of duty. A former all-conference high school quarterback from Clover died that same year, after leaving school early for the Marines. Last month marked 50 years since Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War two y…

Remembering the nation's heroes

beckley – “The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.” — Calvin Coolidge.