Happy Memorial Day 2023

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please take a moment to see these beautiful inspiring photos

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/us/gallery/memorial-day-2023/index.html

In the 1960s Larry Candelaria went to college through an ROTC program. He graduated as a Commissioned Officer, and in 1970, he was deployed to Vietnam. Larry served as an administrator, and was eventually assigned to be the Chief of the Casualty Branch for the 23rd Infantry Division.

Lieutenant Colonel Larry Candelaria at the 23rd Infantry Division base in Vietnam. Photo Courtesy of Larry Candelaria.​

There, his job was to identify service members who were injured, captured, or killed in the line of duty. As soldiers returned or were lost in the field of battle his team was responsible for notifying families back home of the condition of their loved ones

One Vietnam Veteran Recalls The Solemn Duty Of Notifying Families of Lost or Missing Loved Ones - StoryCorps

Army Lieutenant Colonel Larry Candelaria was deployed to Vietnam in 1970. He came to StoryCorps to reflect on his service in the Casualty Branch of the 23rd Infantry Combat Division.

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*I hope you will also share.

 

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image from Etsy

 

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National Memorial Day Concert 2023 | PBS

Official website: https://to.pbs.org/3q6Edwc | #MemDayPBSWatch the National Memorial Day Concert, an American tradition honoring the military service of our ...

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[arielilane]

Check out this Miss Montana to Normandy & Beyond flyover above Missoula in honor of Memorial Day!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1663297683904143360

https://twitter.com/NBCMontana