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| Image © 2012, Crystal Chatham, The Desert Sun || An Army National Guard honor detail marches in a folded interment flag to perform military honors for six Los Angeles County veterans who will be buried later in the morning, on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif. Members of the Patriot Guard Riders attend a weekly military honors ceremony and the following burial of veterans with no known next of kin who are sent to the cemetery by area counties including Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino. (Crystal Chatham, The Desert Sun) |
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Crystal Chatham: Photojournalist: The Desert Sun
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What happens when a veteran passes away and has no known next of kin to coordinate a funeral, witness military honors or accept the folded flag?
Desert Sun reporter Denise Goolsby and I spent a moving day at Riverside National Cemetery and witnessed as military honors were presented for six such veterans with a crowd of Patriot Guard and American Legion Riders stepping up as family. Veteran is not just a title - it's signifies a brotherhood and a family. They died alone, but were buried with their brothers.
Read the online story here:
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20121110/NEWS01/311100062/Paying-respects-fallen-soldiers
Web photo gallery:
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=J1&Dato=20121110&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=211110805&Ref=PH&odyssey=mod|defcon|img|Frontpage
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11.21.2008 (Senior Member) |
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