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From YouTube: 35th Annual Atlantic County Veterans Memorial Program
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Now,
as
many
of
you
know,
I'm
a
former
history
teacher
and
I
would
ask
the
kids,
you
know
what
Memorial
Day
stands
for
and
the
hands
would
go
up
with
to
honor
our
veterans
and
I'd
say:
well,
that's
Veterans,
Day!
Well,
everybody
in
the
Armed
Forces!
Well,
that's
Armed,
Forces,
Day
and
I
would
make
it
clear
it's
to
honor
those
that
died
in
the
service
of
our
country.
That's
what
this
day
is
all
about
started
out
as
decoration
day
after
the
Civil
War
and,
of
course,
other
people
have
different
views
on
okay,
some
think.
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The
decisive
World
War
two
invasion
took
a
horrific
toll
on
Bedford,
the
town
of
4000.
It's
d-day
losses
were
among
the
steepest
proportionally
of
any
community
in
America
the
dead
were
country
boys
who
came
of
age
during
the
Depression
and
joined
before
the
war
for
extra
income
and
uniforms
that
local
girls
thought
looks
sharp,
Frank,
Draper
and
L
mere
right.
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Their
time
in
combat
was
short.
Bedford
soldiers
were
wiped
out
by
Nazi
machine
guns.
Within
minutes
after
the
landing
craft
hit
the
sand,
they
were
waiting
for
us
a
minute.
The
ramp
went
down,
they
opened
up,
said
Alicia
ray
Nance,
one
of
the
few
Bedford
boys
who
survived
the
deadly
beach
landing
in
1996
Congress
designated
a
plot
of
land
next
to
Bedford
as
the
site
of
the
National
d-day
memorial,
a
monument
to
the
more
than
4,000
Allied
troops
who
gave
their
lives
in
that
battle.
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Afternoon,
it's
my
pleasure
to
be
here,
I'd
like
to
start
off
by
thanking
County
Executive
Levinson
chairwoman,
Gatto
the
rest
of
the
board
of
freeholders
for
holding
this
event
and
inviting
me
to
be
a
part
of
this
wonderful
ceremony
today.
It's
wonderful
to
see
so
many
of
my
fellow
Atlantic
County
residents
here,
memorializing
a
very
special
holiday
for
all
of
us,
I'd
like
to
also
welcome
congressman
bandru
and
our
other
elected
representatives
and
VIPs,
who
are
in
attendance
today.
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Of
course,
I'd
also
like
to
welcome
all
veterans
and
all
family
members
of
veterans
live
or
deceased.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
on
this
Memorial
Day.
As
County
Executive
Levinson
mentioned,
we
are
memorializing
remembering
and
honoring
those
who
gave
their
lives
and
service
to
the
United
States.
We
also
mark
the
day
by
honoring
all
veterans
and
active
service
members
who
have
answered
the
call
to
duty
and
I
would
add
that
we
are
also
honoring.
Those
among
us
who
have
lost.
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C
It
is
possible
for
me
to
loathe
war
and
with
reason
yet
still
honor
the
brave
men,
many
of
them
boys
really
who
fought
with
me
and
died
beside
me.
I
have
been
haunted
by
their
loss.
These
42
years
and
I
shall
mourn
them
until
my
own
death
releases
me.
It
does
not
seem
too
much
to
ask
that
they
be
remembered
on
one
day
each
year
today
is
a
day
to
compliment
what
service
and
sacrifice
mean
to
each
of
us
and
perhaps
to
ask
ourselves
what
would
we
say?
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What
would
you
say
to
someone
who
sacrificed
their
life
for
our
nation?
If
you
could
reach
across
the
void
and
make
yourself
heard
what
would
you
say
to
them
early
in
my
Air
Force
career
I
flew
cargo
jets
and
very
occasionally
we
would
be
ordered
to
carry
the
remains
of
fallen
u.s.
servicemembers
back
from
overseas
to
the
u.s.
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C
Remember
a
long
flight
night
flight
across
the
Atlantic
when
I
left
the
cockpit
for
a
few
moments
to
walk
back
to
the
cargo
compartment.
I
stood
there
in
the
cold
aluminum
floor,
looking
at
three
caskets
loaded
and
secured
carefully
under
the
watchful
eyes
of
my
loadmaster
as
a
young
man
at
the
time,
I
thought
of
sacrifice,
but
I
also
thought
almost
exclusively
of
the
living
and
the
huge
cost
to
those
waiting
at
home.
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Where
some
of
these
young
service
members
wondering
about
how
they
would
respond,
if
put
to
the
test,
would
they
have
the
courage,
the
fortitude
and
the
commitment
to
give
all
if
the
situation
required
it?
Would
they
meet
the
standards
set
by
so
many
generations
of
American
heroes
who
had
worn
this
nation's
uniform
and
made
the
ultimate
sacrifice?
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Most
of
them
returned
home
safely.
Some
of
them
did
not
like
many
of
you.
I
have
toured
the
American
military
cemeteries
of
Europe
I
have
surveyed
the
fields
of
white
crosses
and
stars
in
Arlington
I've
walked
the
pastures
of
Valley
Forge
and
pondered
the
enormity
of
loss
at
Gettysburg
I've
been
to
other
battlefields
and
cemeteries
where
our
fallen
military
members
found
their
final
resting
places.
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Thousands
of
grave
sites,
hundreds
of
memorials
still
so
many
prisoners
of
war
and
missing
in
action
service
members
unaccounted
for.
To
be
honest,
it
can
be
draining
more
than
draining.
Let's
take
the
Civil
War
as
an
example.
It
is
almost
impossible
to
imagine
the
loss
this
country
endured
during
the
years
1861
to
1865
starting
the
war,
with
one
tenth
of
our
current
population,
America
lost
more
than
600,000
on
both
sides
of
that
bloody
struggle.
C
Some
newer
estimates
of
the
losses
in
that
war
now
put
the
total
number
closer
to
750,000
I
had
to
ask
myself:
how
would
we
cope
with
losing
one
of
every
15
adult
American
men
in
our
society
in
a
four-year
period,
and
yet
they
did
if
I
had
a
long
list
of
names
and
certain
of
servicemen
and
servicewomen
who
gave
their
lives
in
defense
of
our
nation.
A
list
of
those
1.3
million
people
that
the
Reverend
mentioned
I
know
that
list
would
be
incomplete,
it
would
have
inaccuracies,
inconsistencies
and
purpose,
filler
or
mistaken
omissions.
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C
First
lieutenant
Scott
C
McDowell
died
in
1863
at
Gettysburg
his
unit,
the
62nd
Pennsylvania
Infantry,
took
fire
as
they
took
up
a
position
in
the
southern
person
portion
of
trials.
Woods
McDowell
was
an
immigrant
from
Ireland
whose
family
settled
in
Pittsburgh
major
marie-therese,
Rossi,
1991,
Saudi
Arabia
major
Rossi
died
at
the
age
of
32.
When
the
Chinook
helicopter
she
was
piloting,
crashed
near
her
base
in
northern
Saudi
Arabia
major
Rossi
is
buried
in
Arlington
Cemetery,
where
her
simple
epitaph
reads.
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First
female
combat
commander
to
fly
into
battle:
seaman
second
class
Theodore
M
snin
Zach
1942,
Solomon
Islands
his
ship,
the
USS
Juneau
was
sunk
by
Japanese
submarines
at
the
Battle
of
Guadalcanal.
In
total,
687
men,
including
the
five
Sullivan
brothers,
were
killed
in
action
as
a
result
of
this
sinking,
petty
officer,
3rd
class
nathan,
Brooke
and
thaw
2004
Iraq.
C
The
suicide
bomber
on
board
detonated,
his
explosive
cargo
killing
Brooke
and
thaw,
as
well
as
Navy,
petty
officer,
1st
class
Michael,
Pernod
Sally
and
Navy
petty
officer,
2nd
class
Christopher
E
Watts,
who
were
also
on
board
the
patrol
boat
sergeant
1st
class
Clifford
eBay
D
2011
Iraq
enemy
forces
attacked
his
unit
in
Baghdad
with
an
improvised
explosive
device.
He
was
37
he
hailed
from
Medical
Lake
Washington
Lieutenant
William
F
Stein
1943.
C
His
b-24
was
shot
down
over
Austria
Stein
was
one
of
28,000
casualties
among
8th
Air
Force
in
the
European
theater
during
World
War
two,
he
was
a
Brown
University
graduate
from
Naugatuck
Connecticut,
2nd
lieutenant
Thomas
C
Street
1945
over
the
Adriatic
Sea,
a
New
Jersey
native
who
was
one
of
the
famed
Tuskegee
Airmen.
He
graduated
from
flight
training
in
Alabama
in
August
1944
went
directly
to
the
European
theater,
where
he
flew
p38
fighters
that
protected
bombers
attacking
axis
targets.
He
was
shot
down
four
months
after
arriving
in
theater.
His
remains
were
never
recovered.
C
Each
every
one
of
us
who
takes
an
oath
to
defend
the
Constitution
of
the
United,
States
and
where's.
The
military
uniform
of
this
nation
is
encumbered
with
the
requirement
the
duty
to
fight
the
enemy
under
lawful
orders,
even
to
the
point
of
giving
our
own
lives
in
defense
of
our
nation.
That
is
a
heavy
burden
too
heavy
for
some
to
bear,
and
so
since
Vietnam,
our
nation
has
transitioned
quite
successfully,
in
my
opinion,
to
an
all-volunteer
force.
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C
How,
as
a
community,
we
gather
at
events
like
this
and
we
honor
the
flag-
and
we
set
aside
time
over
this
Memorial
Day
weekend
to
contemplate
the
gifts
given
to
us,
as
in
as
individuals
we
can
choose
to
serve
others
following
their
example
of
service
and
sacrifice
for
the
betterment
of
our
community.
This
is
a
way
to
honor.
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C
I
would
want
them
to
see
the
respect
and
admiration
I
hold
for
them
in
my
expression
and
in
my
salute,
I
would
want
them
to
understand
that
I
consider
us
both
members
of
a
special
Federation,
the
small
group
of
Americans,
who
made
the
choice
to
serve
and
to
give
up
everything.
Should
the
mission
require
it,
our
fall.
Our
fallen
heroes
are
not
here
today
to
receive
my
salute,
so
instead,
I
will
salute
the
flag
to
me.
C
The
red
and
our
beautiful
flag
will
always
signify
the
blood
of
all
those
who
died
or
were
injured
fighting
for
America
and
the
white
will
always
stand
for
the
purity
and
faith
of
those
who
choose
to
serve
today.
I
salute
the
flag
and
I
salute
the
servicemembers
past
present
and
future
who
made
the
choice
to
sacrifice
for
us
all.
C
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C
They
might
ask
for
something
more
than
a
ceremony
once
a
year,
they
might
say
to
us,
live
in
freedom
and
savor
the
sweet
scent
of
Liberty
love
each
other
and
make
every
day
count
take
care
of
your
neighbors
and
be
kind
to
strangers.
Fight
for
what
you
know
to
be
right
enjoy
the
communion
of
your
fellow
Americans,
because
each
and
every
one
of
you
is
a
beneficiary.