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Officials unveiled the Battlefield Cross during a National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony on Saturday, March 29. The dog tags and helmet on the statue symbolize a fallen soldier, the combat ...
The Fallen Soldier Battlefield Cross is styled after the memorials left on battlefields after a soldier's death. It has a helmet, an inverted rifle, combat boots and dog tags.
Positioned on top of a large granite block was a bronze rifle, a pair of boots, a helmet and dogs tags from a fallen Soldier battle cross. The granite block had a list of names — the names of ...
W AYNE — A statue of a fallen soldier will be unveiled on Saturday during the first observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day at Passaic County's Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Oldham Road.
The patrol's humvees were attacked at about 4:45 a.m. Five other 4-31 Infantry Soldiers were killed in or just after the attack, along with an Iraqi soldier who was with the patrol.
FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers and Family from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division mourned the death of fellow ...
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Alejandro Villanueva, who is an Army veteran, wore the name of a fallen soldier on his helmet in Week 1. Other Steelers players wore the name of a Black ...
Upon the rifle will rest the helmet of the soldier, that heavy, cursed helmet, that protector of life, that issue gear so valuable, yet so miserable. Today it is transformed into a memorial. Not ...
Dyer Town Manager David Hein said eventually the town hopes to add another granite piece featuring the names of nine Dyer soldiers killed in the line of duty; the names date back to World War I.
Dozens marched through downtown Cleveland on Memorial Day carrying weighted packs to honor veterans lost in combat and at home. The inaugural “Five for the Fallen Memorial March” spotlighted ...
At his sister Enza’s house, there is a boots-rifle-and-helmet sculpture, the symbol of war dead. The sculpture sits at the base of a large flag pole where the Stars & Stripes flies. At the base ...
CALDWELL — On the cusp of America’s 234th birthday, the city of Caldwell gathered to honor Cpl. Carrie French, a beloved 19-year-old and the first Idaho female soldier killed in ...