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From YouTube: 74th Annual Memorial Day Service
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 74th Annual Memorial Day Service, where we came together to honor and remember the brave men and women who have selflessly sacrificed their lives in service to our nation. We are forever grateful for their courage and commitment.
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This
inspiring
Inglewood
war
memorial
was
dedicated
75
years
ago
in
honor
of
the
148th
military
service
members
who
died
in
World,
War
II.
All
those
listed
on
this
Monument
were
local
residents
who
resided
in
the
Inglewood
and
Lennox
areas.
At
this
time
in
1951,
the
granite
wings
were
added
to
each
side
of
the
aspiring
chap
to
honor
service
members,
men
and
women
who
died
during
the
Korean
national
emergency.
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G
Good
morning,
74
years
and
I
heard
the
introduction,
this
is
my
23rd
year
dear
God,
as
we
approach
Memorial
Day,
may
we
honor
and
remember
those
who
died
so
that
we
may
live
in
Freedom.
Remember
that
the
party
loved
ones
who've
gone
on
before
us,
those
that
we
honor
as
part
of
the
living
trust-
oh
God,
mindful
of
the
great
love
for
us.
We
thank
you
for
love.
We
praise
you
for
the
blessings
of
loved
ones
and
those
who
are
gathered
to
honor.
You
amen.
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E
J
J
Just
wanted
to
share
a
few
remarks
with
you
in
1995,
while
I
was
serving
the
chief
of
police
for
Santa
Monica
I
hired
a
marine
named
Rick
Crocker
as
a
police
officer,
he
would
later
become
one
of
the
coordinators
for
the
police
activities
League
in
sometime
around
2005.
He
was
called
back
to
active
duty
in
Afghanistan,
where
he
was
killed
in
combat
by
a
rocket-propelled
grenade.
I
asked
for
a
moment
of
silence
for
Rick
and
his
family.
J
J
November
11th
became
a
day
to
honor
all
veterans,
American
veterans
of
all
wars,
a
day
to
honor
those
who
have
served
and
now
serve
in
uniform,
as
well
as
those
who
have
died
in
Services
great
country,
Thomas
Payne
once
said.
Those
who
expect
to
reap
the
blessings
of
Freedom
must
undergo
the
fatigue
of
supporting
it.
J
There
was
no
official
day
off
from
work
as
there
is
for
the
Fourth
of
July
and
many
people,
View
Memorial
Day
as
the
official
day
to
pay
tribute
to
service
members
from
various
branches
of
the
Armed
Forces
who've,
given
their
lives
in
service
to
the
nation
and
yet
to
this
day,
Veteran
Day
serves
a
very
important
purpose.
It's
the
day
to
recognize
not
just
those
have
given
their
lives
in
war,
but
to
all
of
those
who
have
worn
the
uniforms
of
service
this
day,
above
all,
is
an
opportunity
to
celebrate
the
choice.
J
It's
us
asking
our
military
to
serve
our
people
to
maintain
peace
over
the
years
and,
of
course,
we
can't
forget
that
today,
for
many
service
means
multiple
tours
of
Duty
in
Iraq
and
Afghanistan,
on
active
duty
or
as
reservists
and
guard
members
who
sacrifice
twice
twice
when
they
give
up
their
civilian
jobs
in
order
to
serve
our
country.
Once
again,
roughly
one
percent
of
our
population,
the
United
States,
serves
in
the
military
and
as
we
consider
the
impact
that
these
Brave
individuals
have
had
on
the
world,
defending
freedom
and
protecting
democracy.
J
J
There
are
many
families
and
communities
all
over
the
country
who
could
use
a
helping
hand
for
many
of
those
on
deployment.
Knowing
their
families
are
receiving
support,
while
they
are
serving
in
the
armed
forces,
can
bring
reassurance
and
peace
of
mind.
There
are
dozens
of
ways
that
you
can
show
your
support
to
our
nation's
Heroes.
J
Make
an
effort
to
promote
military
service,
for
our
youth
volunteers
for
service
are
hard
to
find,
but
I
think
promoting
military
service
goes
beyond
that.
We
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
letting
our
younger
generation
know
that
the
military
is
still
a
viable
and
valuable
career
option
with
unlimited
opportunities
and
finally,
if
you're
a
vet,
please
share
your
story
with
others.
J
Let
everyone
know
what
you've
done
so
they
can
see
the
many
faces
of
military
service
and
appreciate
the
personal
sacrifice
and
service
of
their
neighbors.
If
you're,
not
a
vet,
find
someone
in
your
life
who
is
a
vet
and
ask
them
about
their
service
or
quite
simply
say.
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
the
council
and
city
of
Inglewood.
We
recognize
all
the
veterans
of
all
the
wars
and
all
those
giving
service
to
this
great
country
right
now.
Thank
you.
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AD
AE
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AG
Good
morning
my
name
is
adley
Thomas
I'm
here
to
stand
in
the
gap
for
my
father,
Commander
George,
Thomas
Jr,
who
was
of
course
United
States
Marine
Corp,
and
he
was
involved
in
the
Korean
War
and
Veteran.
He
was
also
the
United
States
reserves
and
he
was
also
the
founder
of
the
Sammy
Davis
Jr
American
Legion
Post,
based
here
in
Inglewood,
California
and
I'm,
happy
to
say
that
I'm,
a
proud
survivor
of
the
usmc's
MREs
that
he
happily
brought
and
said.
Try
this
and
I
said
no.
Thank
you
very
much.
P
Good
morning,
I'm
standing
in
for
I'm
little
Moses
I'm
standing
in
for
Elder
Moses
Moses
Gaston.
He
served
in
World
War
II
U.S
army
during
times
when
it
was
hard
for
black
people,
I'm,
also
standing
in
for
my
Uncle
Anthony
Bush,
who
also
couldn't
be
here.
He
served
in
Germany
and
and
both
were
in
the
Army
U.S
army.
Thank
you.
W
T
Good
morning
I'm
standing
in
the
Gap
as
well
for
my
father,
Petty
chief
officer,
we
called
him
Chief,
William,
C
Johnson,
served
30
years
in
the
United
States
Navy,
and
my
brother,
who
is
also
not
with
us
anymore,
Robert
Wayne
Johnson,
who
followed
the
steps
of
his
father
in
the
United
States
Navy,
all
both
of
them
traveled
the
world
and
my
father
was
a
Vietnam,
veteran,
Korean,
veteran
veteran
and
just
a
pleasure
to
be
here
and
thank
you
all
veterans
and
family
members
who
really
have
done
the
most
for
all
of
us.
Thank
you.
N
K
AH
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Officer
Mosey,
with
the
ingwood
police
department
and
I'm
here,
standing
on
behalf
of
my
father,
Julius
Mosley,
who
served
in
the
U.S
Navy
in
World,
War,
II
and
I
also
want
to
take
this
moment
to
stand
in
this
place
for
our
past
current
and
future
ipd
officers
that
will
serve
the
country.
Thank
you.
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AL
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
and
thank
you
for
each
and
every
one
of
you
here
today
to
day
memorial
day
is
not
only
about
remembering
but
honoring,
but
also
saying
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
the
men
and
women
who've
made
the
ultimate
sacrifice
to
protect
this
country,
to
make
it
to
great
nation
that
it
is
today
the
great
nation
that
we
can
all
enjoy
the
freedoms
that
we
partake
in
on
a
daily
basis.
On
behalf
of
the
State
of
California.
I,
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
service.
AL
I
stand
here
as
a
son
of
a
veteran,
a
great
grandson
of
a
career,
Air
Force
man,
an
uncle
who
was
a
career,
Air,
Force
man,
so
I
know
the
sacrifices
that
the
spouses
make
as
well.
When
you
have
spouses
who
are
serving
in
the
military
in
the
family
sacrifice
so
again
for
all
of
you
who've
taken
time
out
today
to
remember
the
men
and
women
in
service.
I
say
thank
you
for
being
here,
because
the
day
is
not
about
a
barbecue.
It's
not
about
a
day
off.
It's
about
paying
tribute
to
the
folks.
AL
J
And
I
neglected
to
mention
to
my
father
was
an
Air
Force
veteran
as
well.
Now
we
have
our
our
congresswoman
who's
I.
Think
I
think
she's
been
in
congresswoman
like
forever
I,
don't
remember
there
ever
being
anybody
else,
but
I
gotta
tell
you
we're
very
honored
that
she
came
and
as
congresswoman
Maxine
Waters,
and
she
has
a
few
words
for
us.
AM
AM
Every
year
the
mayor
and
the
city
council
organized
one
of
the
best
Memorial
services
in
the
country,
honoring
our
veterans,
who
have
made
the
ultimate
sacrifice,
and
so
thank
you
for
having
me
James
butts
mayor,
councilwoman,
Gloria
gray,
our
new
councilwoman
councilman
Alex,
Padilla,
councilman,
Morales,
councilwoman
Deon
fall
that
there's
one
other
woman
that
I'd
like
to
add
to
this
list.
Who
I,
don't
think
is
here,
I,
hope,
she's
doing.
Okay
and
that's
our
Treasurer
Wanda
Brown.
AM
She
has
been
fighting
cancer
and
she's
doing
a
lot
better
and
we
want
her
back
in
her
job
full
time.
So,
let's
give
a
big
round
of
applause
for
Rhonda
Brown,
a
woman
who
is
doing
a
fantastic
job
for
our
Mistress
of
ceremony,
star
Manning,
United,
States,
Marine,
Corps,
big
round
of
applause:
oh
BMW,
post,
2122,
Commander,
Jerry,
Blake,
American,
Legion,
auxiliary
Jackie,
Robinson
unit
252.
AM
Now
I'm
gonna
share
a
few
words
with
you
and
I
hope
that
you
will
be
a
little
bit
patient
with
me
when
I
leave
here,
I'll
be
on
a
plane
at
four
o'clock
and
we're
going
to
I'm
going
back
to
Washington
we're
voting
on
something
called
raising
the
debt
limit,
and
if
we
don't
get
it
done,
the
whole
government
will
close
down.
If
the
government
closed
down
the
jobs
are
in
Jeopardy
everybody's
at
Jeopardy,
Medicare,
Social
Security.
All
of
this
is
in
Jeopardy.
AM
AM
AM
Many
of
them
died
from
what
happened
to
them
in
the
service
after
they
got
home,
and
so
you
know,
as
I,
began
to
look
at
Memorial,
Day
and
think
about
it
and
think
about
most
of
the
time
we
think
about
the
ultimate
sacrifice
of
those
who
were
directly
in
war
and
maybe
who
died
from
gunshots,
etc,
etc.
But
you
know
we
have
these
burn
pits
where
they've
been
all
kind
of
old
ammunition
and
warfare,
and
all
of
that-
and
so
they
oftentimes
die
from
the
toxicity
from
the
burn
pits.
AM
We
just
fixed
it
in
the
Congress
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
we're
going
to
compensate
we're
going
to
compensate
those
who
have
been.
You
know
the
victims
of
this
toxicity,
but
there
are
many
ways:
I
fight
and
many
of
us
in
Congress
we
fight
for
the
disability
for
veterans
oftentimes,
they
lost
the
papers,
they
can't
find
them,
they
get
denied
and
many
of
them
die.
They
didn't
die
from
a
direct
gunshot,
but
they
made
the
Supreme
sacrifice.
AM
Having
served
and
came
out
with
disabilities
that
should
be
compensated
for
and
so
I
want
you
to
know
that
veterans
are
at
the
top
of
my
agenda.
Of
course,
Memorial
Day
is
very
special.
They
died.
We
know
that
we're
honoring
them
and
we
must
continue
to
do
that.
But
in
addition
to
that,
let's
take
a
moment
while
we're
honoring
those
who
made
the
ultimate
sacrifice
to
say
and
we
got
to
take
care
of
those
who
got
back
home.
The
veterans
and
the
number
one
issue
for
veterans
at
this
time
is
homelessness.
AM
AM
That
and
I
want
you
to
always
remember
those
men
and
women
African-Americans
and
people
of
color
who
fought
so
violently
in
the
armed
services
who
came
home
to
no
jobs,
no
homes,
no
assistance,
but
they
persevered
and
they
still
loved
their
country
and
they
fought
for
it
and
they
still
are
willing
to
fight
I've
got
veterans
who
are
older
than
I,
am
and
I'm
older
than
hell,
and
so
who
say
to
me
that
they,
if
they
could
go
and
fight
in
the
war,
they'd
go
back
and
say:
no.
You
stay
here
with
me.
AM
AM
E
E
So
if
you
haven't
seen
their
beautiful
Vehicles,
they
are
showing
their
support
parked
or
right
outside
here
and
of
course,
please
don't
forget
to
check
out
the
V8
booth
in
the
back.
Moving
forward.
I
have
a
little
moment
for
my
remarks.
How
many
of
y'all
have
social
media
Graham
or
your
kids
or
somebody
or
your
own.
E
Orders,
so
what
we're
gonna
do
right
now,
because
some
of
you
don't
know
each
other,
your
neighbors
you're
sitting
to
the
left
and
right
of
them
just
like
church
you're,
going
to
turn
left
to
your
neighbor
and
say
hi
turn
right
to
your
neighbor.
Somebody
don't
know
and
say:
hey
how
you
doing
nice
to
see
you.
E
All
right
now,
you're
gonna,
take
out
that
expensive
cell
phone
and
you're
gonna
take
a
selfie
with
that
person.
How
about
that
you
didn't
paid
a
thousand
dollars
for
this
phone.
We're
gonna
take
a
selfie
right
now,
no,
not
after
the
show
right
now,
yes
and
you're,
going
to
Market
with
hashtag
Englewood
Memorial,
Day
2023.,
so
come
on.
Let's
go!
Let's
go
come
on
DJ.
Give
him
something
to
ride
to
two
minutes:
y'all
hurry
up!
E
A
A
E
Yes,
hashtag
Englewood
Memorial,
Day
2023.
Now,
let's
find
our
ways
back
to
the
seats
back
to
our
seats
as
we
move
forward
back
to
our
seats.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
getting
to
know
our
neighbors
moving
it
as
one
in
our
community
veterans,
loving
each
other
supporters
of
our
veteran
family.
Please
make
it
back
to
your
seats
back
to
your
seats
and
ten
nine.
Eight
seven.
E
A
A
E
E
Sergeant
major
Billy
R
zinnerman
is
a
native
of
Crowley
Louisiana.
His
illustrious
career
as
a
United
States
Marine
began
in
June
of
1977,
where
he
completed
recruit.
Training
at
the
Marine
Corps
recruit
Depot
San
Diego
for
his
exceptional
recruit
performance.
He
was
meritoriously
promoted
to
private
first
class.
He
reported
to
his
first
Duty
station
in
September
of
1977
at
Marie
Corps
Air,
Station,
kanoi,
Bay,
Hawaii,
second
Battalion
third
Marine
regiment
golf
company
weapons
platoon,
while
assigned
he
was
deployed
twice
once
aboard
the
USS
Tarawa
and
second,
the
USS
Barbara
County.
It
was
there.
E
He
was
meritoriously
promoted
to
Lance
corporal
and
Corporal
in
1980
zinnerman
was
transferred
to
Marine
Corps
base
Camp
Pendleton
in
Camp
in
California,
with
reconnaissance,
School
Advanced
infantry
training,
regiment,
upon
completion,
Corporal
Zimmerman
was
meritoriously
promoted
to
Sergeant,
while
stationed
at
Camp
Lejeune
North
Carolina.
He
held
various
bullets
such
as
Scout
and
platoon
sergeant.
E
After
his
assignment
Sergeant
Zimmerman
reported
to
the
Marine
Corps
Recruit
Depot
in
San
Diego
California
to
attend
Marine
drill
instructor
school,
where
he
graduated
with
class
6-85
for
his
outstanding
performance.
As
a
junior
drill
instructor
and
later
senior
drill
instructor
with
the
second
recruit
Battalion,
he
was
meritoriously
promoted
to
staff
sergeant
on
October,
1st
1986
and
Gunnery
Sergeant
on
December
1st
1988.
E
He
was
reassigned
to
29
Palms
Marine,
Corps
Air
ground
combat
Center,
where
he
performed
duties
with
the
headquarters
element
staff,
non-commissioned
officer
in
charge
of
operations
on
September
1st
1999.
He
was
promoted
to
Sergeant
Major
and
received
transfer
orders
to
Marine
Corps
Air
Station,
kanoi,
Bay
Hawaii
with
third
Marine
regiment.
Third
Marine
Division
as
the
third
Marine
regiment
sergeant,
major
sergeant,
major
zinnerman
retired
on
October,
31st,
2002.
sergeant,
major
Zimmerman's
personal
decorations
and
awards
include
the
meritorial.
Excuse
me
as
I
were
the
bronze
start
with
Valor
mayor
Torres
service
medal.
E
E
Excuse
me:
humanitarian
service
medal
with
bronze
star
device,
Combat
Action
ribbon
and
Good
Conduct
metal
with
one
silver
and
two
bronze
stars.
In
addition
to
Sergeant
Major
Zimmerman's
Stellar
career.
He
continues
to
actively
serve
in
his
community
regularly.
He
is
a
life
member
of
the
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars,
Maricopa,
post
12043,
serving
as
the
third
year
trustee
and
board
member.
E
He
is
also
Sergeant
at
Arms
Judge
Advocate
and
serves
on
the
honor
guard
for
the
Maricopa
American
Legion
Post
133.
He
is
a
member
of
the
West
Coast
Marine
drill
instructors,
Association
Montfort
Marines
Association,
serving
as
the
western
region,
public
relations
officer
and
most
recently
began,
serving
as
the
a
DeCamp
Department
of
Arizona.
E
He
is
the
first
African-American
to
serve
in
the
position
for
that
Detachment.
He
currently
resides
in
Maricopa
Arizona,
with
his
lovely
wife
Ria
and
your
three
children,
Naomi
Michaela
and
Evan
audience.
Please
put
your
hands
together
and
welcome
this
remarkable
man
to
the
stage
sergeant
major
Billy,
r,
zinnerman.
L
L
L
L
For
just
being
here
that
that
speaks
volumes
for
the
ones
who
lost
their
lives,
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
thank
my
family
is
here
my
cousins.
My
aunts
couldn't
attend
today,
except
one
on
Gladys.
Thank
you.
So
much
appreciate
you
just
once
again,
thank
you
for
inviting
me
here
today
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
while
it
is.
B
L
It
is
a
fun
day
off
to
have
work
and
to
fire
up
the
grill.
You
know
doing
this
unofficial
start
of
summer.
It
is
it's
easy
for
some
to
forget
that
the
true
significance
of
this
day,
Memorial
Day,
is
meant
to
honor.
Remember
the
men
and
women
who
gave
their
ultimate
sacrifice
and
died
while
fighting
for
our
freedom.
So
what
so?
L
What
the
bio
doesn't
say
is
that
yeah
I
was
born
and
raised
to
a
point
in
Crowley
Louisiana,
but
I'm
still
that
same
little
boy
that
grew
up
on
9501
Cal,
my
street
and
Watts
yeah
I
I
am
still
that
little
boy
my
family
can
tell
you
I.
Think
the
the
Marine
Corps
saved
me
from
from
a
lot
of
situations
that
that
I
could
have
fell
into
and
a
quick
story
here
if
I
may
go
off
cusp
here.
L
L
He
said
you
need
to
get
a
job
I'm
like
okay,
so
my
cousin
Sam
was
working
at
a
place
called
as
you
guys
remember,
to
stop
and
go
so
so
my
cousin
Sam
was
working
at
this
to
stop
and
go
and
so
I
went
and
interviewed
for
it.
My
dad
had
took
me
down
there,
and
so
the
man
told
me
he
was
gonna
hire
me
and
so
he
said
he
wanted
to
work
on
his
freezer.
L
L
I
said
a
job.
What
kind
of
job
here
I
read
the
top
of
the
building
and
it
said
military
entry
processing
station
and
so
I
I
always
say
this
I
knew
my
rights.
You
know
I
said
well,
look
I'm
still
17
Daddy
I
say
because
I
was
thinking
about
it
after
I
turned
18
and
I
said.
Let
me
you
know
I'm
going
to
finish
out
my
summer.
You
know,
and
he
said
he
said
I
said
I'm
17..
L
L
L
L
L
You
know
and
say:
hey,
no,
you
gonna
do
this.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
they
mentioned
in
my
bio
that
that
was
a
drill
instructor,
but
the
story
behind
that
was
that
I
was
I
was
I
was
at
U.S
embassy
Duty,
any
Marine
will
tell
you,
man,
MSG
Duty.
It
was
and
I
was
in
the
Philippines.
It
was
home
and
it
was
just
just
one
of
the
one
of
the
funnest
posts
that
I
that
I
have
ever
served
in.
L
So
I
didn't
want
to
give
that
up,
even
though
mandatory
two
years
and
you
got
to
get
orders
to
go
somewhere
else,
but
they
sent
me
to
the
drill
field
and
I
did
not
want
to
be
a
drill
instructor.
That
was
the
last
thing.
I
wanted
to
do,
but
I
got
pulled
up
by
a
gunnery
sergeant
and
again.
He
said
come
here,
gentlemen:
he
was
like
you're
going
to
do
this
and
you're
going
to
be
good
at
it
and
I'm
like
I.
Don't
want
to
I,
don't
want
to
babysit.
L
You
know,
because
that's
basically,
the
job
of
a
drill
instructor
is
the
babysitter.
You
got
to
teach
them
from
T1
how
to
brush
their
teeth
and
and
comb
their
hair.
Well,
what
hair
they
had!
They
didn't
have
any
because
you
get
it
all
cut
off,
but
you
have
to
teach
them
left
to
right
and
and
what
is
your
left
and
right
side?
You
know
those
type
of
things
that
you
would
think
an
individual
knows
at
that
age,
but
they
don't.
L
So
you
have
to
be
a
teacher.
You
have
to
be
an
instructor,
you
have
to
be
a
disciplinarian
and
I
was
such
an
Angry
Young
sergeant
that
my
senior
drill
instructor
made
me
to
kill
hat.
Everybody
knows
what
the
kill
hat
here.
If
you're
a
marine
I,
was
the
kill
hat
as
a
junior
hat,
so
I
was
very,
very
angry,
very,
very
Angry
Young
Man.
L
L
A
J
E
E
A
AN
H
E
E
J
For
30
years,
where
he
served
as
commander
and
chaplain
for
many
years
and
whereas
comrade
warshaw,
demonstrated
loyalty
to
the
post
and
was
an
outstanding
contributor
to
the
many
accomplishments
of
the
programs
provided
by
the
American
Legion
and
whereas
comrade
warship
passed
away
on
July,
14,
2022
and
His,
Life
and
Legacy
will
always
remain
in
the
hearts
of
his
loved
ones
and
in
the
community
which
he
served.
Now.
J
J
J
And
the
community,
and
does
so
with
pride,
dignity
and
respect
now,
therefore,
be
it
known
that
the
mayor
and
council
members
of
the
city
of
England
California
do
hereby
honor
and
further
extend
appreciation
to
Ella
Wallace
for
her
time
services
and
exemplary
dedication
to
the
community.
She
represents
presented
this
29th
day
of
May
23
23,
be
presented
by
councilwoman,
Gloria
gray,
District
One.
T
E
You
embraced
me
as
a
young
commander
and
I,
never
thought
that
and
in
this
position
right
now
just
want
to
give
you
your
flowers,
while
you're
here
Mrs
Warsaw,
your
husband
was
everything
when
I
was
a
commander,
he
was
kind,
he
was
gentle
and
I
was
forever
asking
for
him
to
pray
because
I
was
like.
Why
don't
they
just
get
it?
E
Let's
do
some
young
stuff
and
he'd
say
now
now
Commander,
you
know
you
got
to
ease
on
to
things
and,
although
I'm
sorry
I
couldn't
have
done
this
when
he
was
still
with
us,
but
please
allow
me
to
say
thank
you
and
I
know
wherever
he
is
he's
looking
down
and
he's
happy
and
serving
so
I.
Thank
you
because
I
would
not
be
here
if
it
wasn't
for
all
of
you.
H
H
A
A
A
A
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you
Elliot,
my
friend.
Thank
you
for
that
beautiful
selection.
It
is
an
honor
and
privilege
to
have
you
here
with
us
today.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
he's
not
only
an
extraordinary
singer,
a
rule,
we're
a
real
cool
person.
All
right
I
could
call
and
do
a
buddy
check
with,
but
Elliot
McKenzie
is
a
United
States
Marine
Iraqi
War
veteran.
So
let's
give
it
up
for
him.
E
He
honorably
served
for
eight
years
being
a
combat
veteran
with
PTSD,
anxiety
and
depression.
He
uses
his
music
as
therapy
for
his
issues
when
Elliott
writes
and
performs
the
adrenaline
rush
release
is
just
a
therapeutic
form
for
him.
Using
music
Elliot
overcame
homelessness.
He
graduated
from
college
and
found
a
way
to
save
his
own
life.
E
E
J
It
was
hard
to
see
in
appreciation
of
your
22
years
of
support,
guidance
and
unconditional
commitment
to
the
city
of
inglewood's
annual
Memorial
Day
service.
You've
been
a
crucial
asset
to
this
committee
and
the
reason
that
the
memorial
continues
presented
this
29th
day
of
May
2023
could
have
the
council
forward
and
take
a
picture.
D
AB
First,
giving
honor
to
the
mayor
and
the
city
council
for
each
and
everything
they've
done.
It's
just
been
an
honor
to
all
the
veterans
that
are
here
for
the
families
of
the
veterans.
We
just
want
to
thank
you
and
we
come
right
now
for
our
benediction,
so
on
behalf
of
the
benediction
I
would
ask
for
all
of
those
that
can
please
stand.
AB
AB
Dear
heavenly
father,
we
come
before
you
as
humble
as
possible
Lord
thanking
you
for
a
chance
for
another
opportunity
to
be
before
you,
father,
God,
on
this
commemoration
day
of
Fallen
Soldiers,
father
God
lord.
We
just
want
to
thank
you
for
making
a
way
out
of
no
way
Lord.
You
brought
us
from
a
mighty
mighty
long
way.
This
country,
our
veterans,
those
that
are
still
fighting
father
God,
it's
a
war
that
never
ends
father
God,
because
it's
a
war,
that's
not
just
on
other
people's
battlefields
Lord,
but
is
still
here
within
us,
so
Lord.
AB
We
just
want
to
thank
you
for
being
there.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
giving
us
the
strength
for
giving
us
the
knowledge,
father,
God
and
the
will
to
go
before
those
father
God
that
can't
go
Lord.
We
want
to
thank
you.
We
want
to
praise
the
Lord,
because
these
veterans,
father
God,
are
here
right
now
in
commemoration
of
those
that
have
fallen
before
us
Lord.
We
ask
not
only
that
but
Lord.
We
ask
blessings
for
the
plws
and
the
missing
in
action.
Father
God,
lord.
AB
We
ask
you
to
continue
father
God
to
strengthen
our
nation,
as
only
it
can
be
strengthened
by
you.
Father
God
allow
us
to
continue
to
get
a
few
good
men
and
women
father
God
to
serve
our
nation,
proudly
Lord
Lord.
We
be
forever
grateful
to
give
you
all
the
praise,
the
honor
and
the
glory
and
Lord.
We
ask
for
safe
travel
as
we
go
to
and
from
wherever
our
destinations
may
be.
Oh
God,
lord.
AB
We
ask
to
continue
to
help
us
to
not
only
help
ourselves
but
to
be
a
part
of
community
help,
Father
God,
to
help
those
less
fortunate
to
build
men
and
women
father
God,
in
the
way
that
you
would
have
us
to
be
Lord
these
and
all
thieves
in
Jesus
name.
We
do
pray
and
we
thank
you
and
we
say,
amen,
amen
and
amen.