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Description
With a motorcycle escort by the Patriot Guard Riders, Cupertino welcomed the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Memorial Wall on November 10, 2011, and on the next day, November 11, the annual Veterans Day Ceremony was held. Visitors to the Wall shared their stories behind the names they found.
A
B
D
E
In
Naval,
Special
Warfare
consider
this
park
almost
sacred
ground
and
the
town
of
Cupertino
has
chosen
to
honor
two
of
our
brave
warriors
Matt,
axelsson
and
James
saw
four
years
ago.
Today,
then
Secretary
of
the
Navy,
the
Honorable
dr.
winter.
In
his
remarks
as
he
dedicated
this
park
said
it
is
our
duty
to
honor
the
fallen,
and
we
should
remember
their
stories.
A
F
F
G
Waiting
to
go,
my
company
commander
came
over
and
told
me
to
get
out
of
the
helicopter
as
I
received
my
new
rear
echelon
assignment
I
left
the
first
helicopter,
together
with
three
other
members
of
my
platoon
and
Lieutenant
John
Albert
grossed,
at
my
place,
with
his
radioman
machine
gunner
and
ammo
man,
the
rest
of
my
platoon
remained
on
the
other
four
helicopters
and
all
the
helicopters
took
off
for
their
mission.
Two
days
later,
I
found
out
that
the
first
helicopter
went
into
the
landing
zone
and
was
blown
up
with
all
on
board.
G
I
J
A
K
Is
one
of
my
cousin's?
That's
on
this
walls?
Name
is
register
Johnson
a
draftee
originally
was
a
conscientious
objector.
Somehow
he
lost
us
status
got
drafted
and
was
actually
killed
in
his
first
mission.
I
saw
him
the
night
before
I
knew
he
was
going
out
and
two
days
later,
I
got
the
word.
He'd
been
killed
in
action.
L
M
She
was
pulled
out
of
our
unit
for
a
special
mission,
which
was
to
go
and
pick
up
escort.
Babies
on
the
baby,
Livia
and
the
plane
that
she
was
on
was
the
c-5a
that
had
back
doors
sabotage
to
blown
off,
and
she
was
the
last
nurse
at
the
tail
end.
Holding
four
babies
and
she
died
in
the
for
babies,
who
lived.
A
D
Ten
minutes
later
until
so,
then
we
have
all
my
friends
up
here:
Lockhart
Curtis,
lock
her
his
lock,
lock,
Manny
Patrick,
Manny,
Lonnie
skull
wall
kill,
Jerry,
Bendrick
and
Lawrence
going
also
the
children
and
they
were
babies.
They
grew
up
together
to
join
the
Marine
Corps
together
and
they
weren't
he
stepped
on
a
mine
and
killed
both
in
they
vote
since
a
neighborhood
to
vote
when
the
Marine
Corps
together
and
therefore
died
together.
Since
they
were
raised
together,
self.