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GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING ALL RIGHT IT'S A NICE MORNING YOU KNOW USUALLY WE HAVE RAIN LAST COUPLE YEARS WE HAVEN'T SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BUT TODAY'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A HOT ONE SO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO STAY COOL UM IF YOU NEED HYDRATION MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING COME UH THERE ARE WATER FOUNTAINS AVAILABLE HERE IN THE PARK BUT PLEASE DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN A SITUATION UH WHERE YOU PUT YOURSELF IN DANGER SO MY NAME IS TIM NELSON I'M THE FORMER POST COMMANDER FOR BFW POST 8273 AND WILL BE SERVING AS YOUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES ON BEHALF OF THE FRISCO VFW ITS AUXILIARY AND THE FRISCO GARDEN CLUB I WELCOME YOU TO THE FRISCO MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE TODAY WE GATHER TO PAY RESPECTS TO OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHILE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE RISE AS MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION PETER J CORY POST 178 AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 8273 PRESENT THE COLORS PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OUR INVOCATION AND TO THE STILL S THE SALUTE PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IED AL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE FOR IT STANDS ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE ANDICE SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE IRON HOR DISTRICT IRON HORSE DISTRICT FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I NOW WELCOME TO THE PODIUM DON FINK CHAPLAIN VFW POST 8273 TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION
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WELCOME EVERYONE PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS JOIN US IN PRAYER ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY WE COME BEFORE THE CREATOR OF MANKIND TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO BRAVELY SERVED OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND AS A RESULT OF THEIR SERVICE WERE CALLED HOME BY THE LORD FATHER WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THE SOULS OF THOSE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LAST BREATH IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION OUR FREEDOM AND OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WE ALSO ASK YOU BLESS EVERYONE GATHERED HERE TODAY AND GRANT US THE STRENGTH TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME AND MEET THEM IN FULL FAITH THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US MAY WE GLORIFY YOU IN ALL THAT WE DO LORD TODAY AND EVERY DAY AMEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS THANK YOU CHAPLAIN PINK I NOW WELCOME TO THE PODIUM THE HONORABLE JEFF CHENEY MAYOR OF FRISCO FOR OUR WELCOME THANK YOU TIM AND GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AND WHAT IS BECOME AN ANNUAL TRADITION OF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS BUT IT DOES NOT TEMPER THIS COMMUNITY'S UM RESOLVE TO COME OUT AND REMEMBER TOGETHER UM AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY WE COME TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY IT IS A DAY OF REFLECTION GRATITUD UDE AND DEEP RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND FALLEN IN DEFENSE OF OUR FREEDOMS FRISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES AND HONORS OUR VETERANS I'M HONORED TO SERVE WITH COLLEAGUES SUCH AS OUR MAYOR PROEN BILL WITARD DEPUTY MAYOR PROTIM TAMY MINER SHAGEN OF COURSE VETERAN JOHN KEADING AND LAURA RUML WHO ARE ALL HERE WITH US TODAY OUR CITY IS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF RESPECT GRATITUDE AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THIS MEMORIAL DAY WE ARE REMINDED OF THE TRUE COST OF FREEDOM AND THE IMMENSE DEBT WE OWE TO ALL OUR FALLEN HEROES THIS YEAR HOLDS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WE RECENTLY HAD THE HONOR OF HOSTING THE WALL AT HEELS THIS POWERFUL AND MOVING REPLICA OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BROUGHT A PROFOUND SENSE OF CONNECTION AND REMEMBRANCE TO OUR CITY THE WALL THAT HEALS SERVED AS A POIGNANT REMINDER OF THE SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AND IT OFFERED A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND HEALING FOR ALL WHO VISITED AMONG THE MANY NAMES ETCHED INTO THE WALL ONE STANDS OUT FOR US HERE IN FRISCO CORPORAL ROBERT RAY BROWN WHO DIED IN VIETNAM ON OCTOBER 1ST 1967 AT JUST 20 YEARS OLD CORPORAL BROWN'S SACRIFICE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE BRAVERY AND DEDICATION OF SO MANY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY WE WERE DEEPLY MOVED TO HAVE HIS FAMILY ATTEND THE CEREMONY HONORING HIS M MEMORY AND ENSURING THAT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON THEIR PRESENT WAS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE PERSONAL AND FAMILY SACRIFICES MADE BY THOSE WHO SERVE AS WE STOOD BEFORE THE WALL THAT HEALS WE WERE REMINDED OF THE INDIVIDUAL STORIES OF BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE EST TO ITS SURFACE EACH NAME REPRESENTS A LIFE GIVEN IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION A FAMILY FOREVER CHANGED AND A LEGACY OF COURAGE THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE US ALL THE WALL THAT HEELS BROUGHT THESE STORIES TO LIFE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT AND ENSURING THAT THE MEMORIES OF OUR FALLEN HEROES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN LET US ALSO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE FAMILIES OF OUR FALLEN HEROES YOUR STRENGTH RESILIENCE AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT ARE AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL WE RECOGNIZE THE PROFOUND LOSS YOU HAVE ENDURED AND ARE COMMITTED TO STANDING BY YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS AND ARE PROUD TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT HONORS THE FAMILIES WITH THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES MEMORIAL MONUMENT TODAY AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED IN SACRIFICE LET US REMEMBER THE VALUES THEY FOUGHT TO PROTECT FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY AND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE LET US HONOR THEIR MEMORY BY LIVING LIVES WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICE BY SUPPORTING OUR VETERANS AND BY STRIVING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY AND A NATION THAT UPHOLDS THE PRINCIP PRINCIPLES THEY HELD DEAR IN FRISCO WE ARE COMMITTED TO HONORING OUR VETERANS NOT JUST ON MEMORIAL DAY BUT EVERY DAY WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT THEIR SACRIFICES ARE RECOGNIZED AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE[00:10:04]
CELEBRATED MAY THEIR COURAGE AND SACRIFICE NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND MAY THEIR LEGACY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER FREER AND MORE JUST WORLD THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS OUR FALLEN HEROES THEIR FAMILIES THE CITY OF FRISCO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THANK YOU THANK YOU MAYOR CHENI NOW I ASK FAY LIPAM PRESIDENT OF THE FRISCO GARDEN CLUB FOR BRIEF REMARKS BEFORE SHE AND SHEENA LAWLESS COMMANDER OF BFW POST 8273 PLAC THE MEMORIAL WREATH AT THE MEMORIAL URN THANK YOU THANK YOU TIM IN 1947 THEN PRESIDENT OF THE FRISCO GARDEN CLUB MRS O W DAVIS DELEGATED THE WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE TO MRS ALFRED GUNSTREAM AS CHAIR BETH GUNSTREAM COMMISSIONED THE MEMORIAL EAR SHOWCASED AT THE TOP OF THESE GRAND STANDS MADE OF ALL POLISH FREDERICKSBURG RED GRANITE THE EARN HAD THE HEFTY PRICE TAG OF $487 IT WAS FIRST PLACE AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BEFORE FINDING ITSELF ON THE CONCRETE PEDESTAL ON ON THE AT THE FORK OF THE ROAD IN ON MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STREET FIREHOUSE SINCE THE FIRST VFW CEREMONIES OF THE 1990S OBSERVED ON THAT TINY PIECE OF GRASS TO THE EXPANSE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK AND SOLEMN SANCTUARY THE FRISCO GARDEN CLUB HAS BEEN HONORED TO CO-SPONSOR THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR THESE MANY YEARS YEARS IT IS BITTERSWEET THAT OUR RED GRANITE EAR IS NOW ADORNED ON ALL FOUR SIDES WITH DEDICATED BRONZE PLAQUES WE ARE SADDENED THAT SO MANY OF OUR SOLDIERS WERE LOST TO FOREIGN WARS BUT WE SHALL NEVER FORGET AND WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICES THANK YOU FOR AND NOW INVITE SHEENA LAWLESS COMMANDER OF FRISCO VFW POST 8273 TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST SPEAKER THANK YOU MASTER SERGEANT KENNETH D MCMILLAN IS CURRENTLY THE FIRST SERGEANT FOR THE 301ST SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON AT NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE IN FORT WORTH TEXAS IN THIS ROLE HE SERVES AS A PRINCIPAL ADVISOR TO THE COMMANDER ON ALL MATTERS AND TRENDS AFFECTING THE HEALTH MORALE WELFARE AND DISCIPLINE OF ALL ASSIGNED LOGISTICAL READINESS PERSONNEL HE ALSO PROVIDES ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMANDER ON QUALITY FORCE INDICATORS FOR ASSIGNMENTS ENLISTED PERFORMANCE REPORTS DECORATIONS PROMOTIONS RETRAINING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS MASTER SARDEN MCMILLAN PROVIDES ESSENTIAL AND EFFECTIVE IVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING PHYSICAL FITNESS AND MENTORING TO JUNIOR AIRMAN IN HIS WORK CENTER MASTER SAR MCMILLAN ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE IN APRIL OF 2009 AND HE ATTENDED THE AIR FORCE STRUCTURAL TECHNICAL TRAINING AT THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER IN GULPORT MISSISSIPPI HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS WITH THE 307TH RAPID ENGINEER DEPLOYABLE HEAVY OPERATIONAL REPAIR SQUADRON ENGINEERS AT BARKDALE AIR FORCE BASE LOUISIANA AND DURING THIS ASSIGNMENT HE DEPLOYED TO BUAM AIR AIR BASE AFGHAN STAND AS THE LEAD STRUCTURAL CRAFTSMAN SUPPORTING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME PROUD FRISCO VFW LEGACY LIFE ME MEMBER FIRST AR KENNY MCMILLAN TO THE PODIUM THANK YOU COMMANDER LET ME GO TO MY NOTES THAT I STARTED WRITING ABOUT 3:30 THIS MORNING CU I COULDN'T SLEEP KNOWING THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK TODAY SO FIRST LET ME GET STARTED HOW MANY FOLKS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE WALET HILLS IN THE OPENING CEREMONY SO WE HAD MAJOR[00:15:08]
GENERAL JAMES LIVINGSTON THAT SPOKE DURING THAT CEREMONY HANDS DOWN THE BEST SPEAKER THAT I'VE EVER LISTENED TO HE MADE ME WANT TO GO TO COMBAT RIGHT THERE AS SOON AS WE GOT READY TO LEAVE I WAS READY TO ROLL I AM TRULY HONORED AND EXCEPTIONALLY HUMBLED TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS TODAY THANK YOU SHEENA LAWLESS AND FRISCO BFW COMMANDER FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN ME BECAUSE WHEN SHE CALLED ME ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD VOLUNTEERED ME TO SPEAK AT THIS EVENT SO VOLUN TOLD UM AND I HAD BETTER NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON MY SCHEDULE FOR THIS DAY ALSO THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR YOUR UNWAVERING UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION THAT YOU'VE SHOWN FOR OUR MILITARY PAST AND PRESENT I'M BEYOND GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS MILITARY LOVING COMMUNITY WHAT DOES MEMORIAL DAY MEAN TO YOU WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN MEANING OF WHAT MAKES THIS DAY SO IMPORTANT AND EACH MEETING HITS HOME IN A DIFFERENT WAY JUST TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE OF WHY WE MEMORIALIZE ON THIS DAY IS BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF THE 6,5 8,116 SERVICE MEMBERS WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY THE HOLIDAY ORIGINATED AS DECORATION DAY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WHICH ENDED IN 1865 AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO HONOR THE UNION SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE WAR THE FIRST OBSERVANCE OF DECORATION DAY WAS HELD ON MAY 30TH 1868 WHEN FLOWERS WERE PLACED ON THE GRAVES OF UNION AND CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AT THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AS TIME EVOLVED INTO MEMORIAL DAY AND THE HOLIDAY BEGAN TO ALL AMERICANS WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE MILITARY IN 1971 MEMORIAL DAY BECAME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND ITS OBSERVANCE WAS MOVED TO THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY TO CREATE A THREE-DAY HOLIDAY FOR AMERICANS IT IS WITH DEEP REVERENCE AND HEARTFELT GRATITUDE THAT WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO HONOR THE VALOR AND SACRIFICE OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR GREAT NATION MEMORIAL DAY IS MORE THAN A HOLIDAY IT IS A SOLEMN REMINDER OF THE THE PRICE OF FREEDOM AND THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED TO PROTECT IT GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS OWN LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS JOHN 15:13 TODAY WE ARE REMINDED OF THE COUNTLESS HEROES WHO ED THE CALL OF DUTY LEAVING BEHIND THE COMFORTS OF HOME AND THE EMBRACE OF LOVED ONES TO DEFEND THE IDEALS UPON WHICH OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED THESE VALIANT INDIVIDUALS HING FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND UNITED BY A COMMON PURPOSE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE HIGHEST FORM OF P PATRIOTISM SELFLESS SERVICE TODAY WE REMEMBER NOT ONLY THE FALLEN SOLDIERS WHOSE NAMES WILL LIVE FOREVER IN THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF HEROISM OF TOMBS BUT ALSO THE COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO REST IN UNMARKED GRAVES WITH EACH STORY ONLY KNOWN TO GOD EACH OF THESE SOULS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FABRIC OF OUR NATION ENSURING THAT THE TORCH OF LIBERTY CONTINUES TO BURN BRIGHTLY FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS LET US ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILIES OF OUR FALLEN HEROES THE PAIN OF LOSING A LOVED ONE IN SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY IS AN INDESCRIBABLE BURDEN YET THESE FAMILIES BEAR THE GRIEF WITH QUITE DIGNITY AND STRENGTH AND EMBODYING THE RESILIENCE THAT DEFINES OUR AMERICAN SPIRIT TO THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS SPOUSES CHILDREN BROTHERS AND SISTERS I EXTEND MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND EVERLASTING GR ITUDE YOUR SACRIFICE ARE ETCHED IN OUR HEARTS AND YOUR LOVED ONES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS LET US RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES THEY FAULT TO DEFEND LET US STRIVE TO BE A NATION WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICE A NATION THAT UPHOLDS JUSTICE CHERISHES LIBERTY AND HONORS THE DIGNITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR DA LIVES LET US SEEK TO EMULATE THEIR BRAVERY AND DEDICATION ENSURING THAT THEIR LEGACY ENDURES IN THE ACTIONS WE TAKE AS AND LIVES WE LEAD ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY LET US ALSO REFLECT ON RESPONSIBILITIES WE BEAR AS BENEFICIARIES OF THEIR SACRIFICE WE BEAR AS BENEFICIARIES AT THEIR SACRIFIC FREEDOM IS NOT FREE IT IS A GIFT BESTOWED UPON US BY THE BLOOD SWEAT TEARS OF OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN IT IS OUR DUTY TO SAFEGUARD THIS GIFT TO CHERISH IT AND TO ENSURE THAT IT MEANS A BEACON OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL WHO SEEK IT IT IS A[00:20:05]
FACT OF LIFE THAT FREEDOM ISN'T FREE THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY THERE HAS BEEN A HEAVY COST INVOLVED IN PRESERVING OUR WAY OF LIFE AS A NATION WE HAVE SHOULDERED THE COST AND FOR THE MANY GENERATIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE IT CAME NOT AS A BURDEN BUT AS A DUTY REGRETFULLY THE SACRIFICES OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN OR DISREGARDED ESPECIALLY BY THOSE WHO HAVE GAINED THE MOST FROM IT HISTORY HAS PROVEN THAT THE HEAVY FIST OF TYRANNY AND TERROR STILL TRIES TO SHACKLE MANY COUNTRIES THAT ARE ENJOYING RELATIVELY RECENT FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IT IS NOT FOR THOSE WE HONOR TODAY AS PROUD AMERICANS WE DO THEIR SACRIFICE A DISSERVICE IF WE FAIL TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO TAKE SO MUCH FOR GRANTED TO CONSIDER WHAT ALTERNATIVES WOULD BE AVAILED TO THEM THEM IF NOT FOR THE SELFLESS SACRIFICE OF SO MANY OF OUR COMRADES TODAY IS UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEGACY OF OUR NATION'S FALLEN IS PASSED ON FROM GENERATION TO THE NEXT AND TO ALL GENERATIONS BEYOND WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW HAVE AN AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHOM IT IS THEY SHOULD LIKEWISE HONOR AND EXACTLY WHY WE HONOR THEM AS COLUM POWELL SO ELOQUENTLY STATED WE HAVE GONE FORTH FROM OUR SHORES REPEATEDLY OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS AND PUT WONDERFUL YOUNG WONDERFUL YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AT RISK MANY OF OF WHOM WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR NOTHING EXPECT ENOUGH GROUND TO BURY THEM IN AS WE MAINTAIN THE MEMORY AND THE DEEDS OF ARE FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEARS WE MUST ALSO REMEMBER TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO RETURN FROM THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR WARS AS WELL SERVING WITH EQUAL DEDICATION AND VALOR THEY DESERVE AND ARE ENTITLED TO TO RECEIVE ADEQUATE AND PROPER MEDICAL CARE AND COMPENSATION FOR THEIR WOUNDS INJURIES AND ILLNESSES CONNECTED TO THEIR MILITARY SERVICE AFTER THE SUPPORT THE TROOP RALLIES AFTER THE WELCOME HOME PARADES AND LONG AFTER THE FLAG WAVING HAS DIED DOWN WHAT HAPPENS NEXT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR OBLIGATION TO OUR VETERANS SHOULDN'T END WHEN THE LAST RALLY IS OVER OUR VETERANS DESERVED BETTER THAN THAN THAT THE DEFENDERS OF THIS NATION FULFILLED THEIR OBLIGATION TO US AND IT IS UP TO US TO HONOR ALL THE OBLIGATIONS WE OWE THEM PROTECTING AND DEFENDING AMERICA'S IDEAS AND VALUES SHOULD ENTITLE THEM A CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM TOO ONE THAT INCLUDES EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION AND A BRI FUTURE IN WHICH TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILY THEY CAN THRIVE THEY DESERVE NOT ONLY OUR GRATITUDE BUT DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AS WELL HAVEN'T THEY EARNED IT TO DO ANYTHING LESS IS TO BETRAY THE MEMORY AND SACRIFICE OF OUR FALLEN SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN LET US LEAVE HERE TODAY KNOWING THAT OUR DESTINY WITH FREEDOM IS ENTIRELY UP TO US LET EVERY DEED AND ACT OF OUR DAYS BE GUIDED BY THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FUTURE FREEDOMS AND MAY THEIR SACRIFICE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US AND FILL US WITH HOPE IN CLOSING I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR THE M MOR OF THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO OUR COUNTRY MAY THEIR COURAGE INSPIRE US THEIR SACRIFICE STRENGTHEN US AND THEIR MEMORY UNITE US IN THE PURSUIT OF A BRIGHTER MORE JUST AND PEACEFUL WORLD ISAIAH 68 THEN I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD SAYING WHOM SHALL I SEND AND WHO WILL GO FOR US AND I SAID HERE I AM SEND ME THANK YOU FRISCO MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA THANK YOU MASTER SARDIN MCMILLAN NOW THE FRISCO COMMUNITY BAND UNDER DIRECTION OF CHRISTIAN HILER WILL PERFORM AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL AND ARMED FORCES THE PRIDE OF AMERICA VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR MILITARY BRANCHES SONG PLAYED[00:25:27]
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THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD H UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SH WE GATHER HERE TODAY AT THE FRISCO VETERANS MEMORIAL BEHIND ME AROUND THESE WALLS IS THE WALK OF HONOR THE WALK OF HONOR IS A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN RECOGNIZE A FRIEND OR LOVED ONE WITH A BRICK BRICKS ARE PLACED TWICE A YEAR ONCE BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND ONCE BEFORE VETERANS DAY THOSE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A BRICK CAN GO TO FRISCO VFW.ORG ALSO BEHIND ME IS THE KIA WALL WHERE 11 MEN FROM FRISCO ALL KILLED IN ACTION ARE MEMORIALIZED THESE MEN ARE FURTHER MEMORIALIZED THROUGHOUT THIS PARK WITH TRAILS AND ROUTE MARKERS PLEASE TAKE THE TIME SOME SOME TIME ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY TO WALK AROUND AND LEARN ABOUT THESE HEROES EACH YEAR WE RECOGNIZE A MEMBER OF THIS REVERED GROUP THIS YEAR WE RECOGNIZE SEAMAN FIRST CLASS RICHARD LLOYD BOLTON LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT SEAMAN BOLTON'S PERSONAL LIFE AS HE IS HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVE FREQUENTLY BETWEEN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS THEY WORKED THEY WORKED MOSTLY AGRICULTURE JOBS AND DURING RICHARD'S TIME THEY NEVER OWNED PROPERTY WE DO KNOW THAT RICHARD WAS BORN IN TEXAS TO LUTHER R AND OLA E BOLTON IN 1921 HE WAS THE FIRST OF TWO TWO BOYS AND HIS BROTHER CHARLES WAS 13 YEARS HIS JUNIOR RICHARD ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1939 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA AFTER RECRUIT TRAINING HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS SAN FRANCISCO AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN SHORTLY AFTER THE USS QUINCY ARRIVED IN NORFOLK AND HE WAS ASSIGNED TO HER DURING HIS FIRST TWO YEARS ASSIGNED TO USS QUINCY APPRENTICE SEAMAN BOLTON TRAVELED THE WORLD INCLUDING PATROLS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC VISITS TO BRAZIL UGUAY ARGENTINA PUERTO RICO CANADA TRINIDAD SOUTH AFRICA DENMARK AND ICELAND WELL TRAVELED FOR A BOY FROM FRIS DURING THIS TIME HE WAS PROMOTED TWICE FIRST TO SEAMAN SECOND CLASS AND THEN TO SEAMAN FIRST CLASS IN MAY OF 1942 AFTER THE QUINCY COMPLETED AN OVERHAUL IN NEW YORK HE BEGAN HIS TRAVELS TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC VIA THE PANAMA CANAL AND A STOP IN SAN DIEGO UPON ARRIVAL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC RICHARD AND THE OTHER SAILORS AND MARINES ABOARD THE USS QUINCY DESTROYED SEVERAL JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS AND AN OIL DEPOT DURING THEM[00:35:05]
THEIR BOMBARDMENT OF LUNGA POINT GUAD CANAL A COUPLE WEEKS LATER ON AUGUST 9TH 1942 THE QUINCY WHILE IN PATROL DURING THE BATTLE OF SEO ISLAND WAS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BY A LARGE JAPANESE NAVAL FORCE AT 2:10 A.M. INCOMING SHELLS KILLED OR WOUNDED ALMOST ALL OF THE QUINCY'S BRIDGE CREW INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN AT 2:16 A.M. THE CRUISER WAS HIT BY A TORPEDO FROM THE JAPANESE CRUISER ALBA AND THE SHIP'S REMAINING GUNS WERE SILENCED THE QUINCY SUSTAINED MANY DIRECT HITS LOST ALL GUNS AND 38 MINUTES AFTER SHE WAS INITIALLY ENGAGED SANK BOW FIRST IN AN AREA TO SOON BE KNOWN AS IRON BOTTOM SOUND TAKEN SEAN BOLTON AND 369 OTHER SAILORS TO THE BOTTOM SEAMAN BOLTON'S BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED AND HE WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED DEAD ON AUGUST 10TH 1943 HIS NAME IS ETCHED IN STONE IN THE TABLETS OF THE MISSING AT THE MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY IN THE PHILIPPINES ALONG WITH 35,000 846 OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS THAT WENT MISSING AND WERE NEVER RECOVERED DURING WORLD WAR2 OPERATIONS IN THE PACIFIC RICHARD LLOYD BOLTON WAS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER AND FATHER AS WELL AS HIS YOUNGER BROTHER CHARLES WHO FOLLOWED HIS BROTHER'S LEAD AND SERVED IN THE NAVY BETWEEN 1967 AND 1970 SEAMAN FIRST CLASS RICHARD LYD BOLTON WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL THE ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND POSTHUMOUSLY THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL NOW WE'LL ASK THE FRISCO CORRAL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF KENDALL CARTER TO SING THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE THE REPUBLIC GLOR OF OF THE LORD IS GLOR GLORY HALLELU GLOR GLOR HU GLOR GLOR GL HALLELU GLORING THE[00:40:08]
GLORY GLORY HALLU GLORY GLORY HALLELU GLORY GLORY HALLELU IS CHRIST GLOR IN IS WORING GLOR GLORY HALLELUJAH GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH GLORY GLORY HALLELU TRU IS MIGHT GLOR GLORY HALLELU GLOR GLORY HU GLOR GLORY HALLELU HIS TRUTH IS WOR NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE OF COMMANDER LAWLESS AND JOANNE SHUM VICE COMMANDER OF FRISCO AMERICAN LEGION PETER J CORY POST 178 FOR OUR MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE AND NAMING OF THE FALLEN BARRY COBAL PLEASE WILLIAM HENEL JACK HODES VANCE STOCKMAN JAMES LABEL RAYMOND STEWART STEPHEN BRIGH JAMES DOLBERRY KEVIN MON THANK YOU IT IS SAID THAT A PERSON DIES TWICE ONCE WHEN THEIR BODY CEASES TO LIVE AND A SECOND TIME WHEN THEY ARE FORGOTTEN NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE MEMBERS OF OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY TO SAY THE NAMES OF OUR COMRADES THAT DIED IN BATTLE SO THAT THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN PRIVATE JAMES F SPART SEAMAN FIRST CLASS RICHARD LLOYD BOLTON PRIVATES CECIL CLEVELAND BALRAM TECH SERGEANT MABRON P JOHNSON PLATOON SERGEANT ORIN RALPH HILL PRIVATE LEE HAROLD[00:45:06]
DBER PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SYDNEY GORDON DUNCAN CORPAL KENTH JACK HILL CORPORAL ROBERT RAY BROWN CORPORAL PETER JOHN CORY SPECIALIST HOPPER EXCUSE ME SPECIALIST JOHNSON I'D LIKE TO INVITE THOSE HERE TO KEEP THEIR PAST FAMILY MEMBER LOVED ONE OR MAYBE A FELLOW COMRADE IN ARMS ALIVE BY SPEAKING THEIR NAME OUT LOUD AS MY HAND PASSES OVER YOU PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK THE NAME OF YOUR FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER PRIVATE BOBBY BIRD SPECIALIST SPECIALIST THOMAS E SMITH SPECIALIST JAMIE PCO SPECIALIST JEFFREY M SERGEANT ELVIS W OS JR OH 75TH RANGERS THE LAST RANGERS KILLED IN THE VIETNAM WAR THIR LEO J CORPAL JITH FIRST LIEEN 5 1969'S RON PACE NAVY FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN HLON AIR FORCE FIRST LIEUTENANT GIL RIDO AIR FORCE FIRST LIEUTENANT MICHAEL BLASSIE AIR FORCE L FIRST LIEUTENANT JEFFREY R VIETNAM VICTOR J PENAR BATTLE OF K COLON K VALY US MARINE CORP SPECIALIST JASON LAMB 1970 VIETNAM CORPAL RACHEL[00:50:05]
HUGO TECH SERGEANT WILLIAM BILL DONALDSON UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PFC CHARLES RRIM PFC ARAN US ARMY IRAQ 2005 SPECIALIST GAVIN COLOR IRAQ 2005 SPECIALIST ROESS IRAQ 2005 SERGEANT NEGRON ARMY US ARMY IRAQ 2005 STAFF SERGEANT MORRIS IRAQ 2005 ALL OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM PRIVATE FIRST CLASS MICHAEL DANY PRO JERRY O LAFAYETTE VIETNAM NAAL A LIEUTENANT JOHN ROBERT BORM WORLD WAR II STH AR ANTHONY PETERS PRIVATE JEFFREY CHETAM BAGHDAD IRAQ 2003 THANK YOU ALL FOR KEEPING THEM ALIVE NOW THE FIRST GO CORRAL WILL SING A SONG OF PEACE FOR FOR LAND OF THIS IS MY HOPE MY HOPE MY DREAM SH H AND DRE AND MY ON AND GOD THE OF NATION WHERE HAS[00:55:14]
TOGETHER WORLD HIS OF FRE IS MY SONG GOD YOU KNOW I SEE IT'S 9:58 AND WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO MAKE THIS AN HOURONG CEREMONY AND WHAT WITH WHAT WE HAVE LEFT WE WOULD FINISH RIGHT ON TIME I'M GOING TO TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE UH TO TO FOR ONE ONE QUICK ITEM AND THAT IS TO TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE FIRST GO CORRAL HAS BEEN A MEANINGFUL PART OF THIS CEREMONY FOR MANY YEARS WHAT'S SPECIAL THIS YEAR IS THAT IT'S KENDALL CARTER'S FINAL YEAR AS MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR THE FRISCO CORAL HE'S BEEN SERVING AS MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR 20 YEARS WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM WITH THIS CERTIFICATE THANKING HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND THE FRISCO CORRAL'S CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ANNUAL CEREMONY THE AWARD REED THE CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AWARDED TO KENDALL CARTER FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FRISCO COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS ENCOURAGEMENT OF PATRIOTISM AND SUPPORT OF FRISCO VFW POST 8273 AND FRISCO GARDEN CLUBS ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY KENDALL'S COMMITMENT TO THE CEREMONY OVER THE LAST 10 PLUS YEARS AND AS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE FRISCO CORRAL FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE VETERANS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE KENDALL'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENSURING THOSE THAT WERE LOST FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN HIS ACTIONS REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF THE FRISCO CORRAL AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE YOU WILL BE MISSED NOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SO PLEASE STAND AS CHAPLAIN FIN CONDUCTS OUR BEN ADDICTION AND FOR PLAYING OF TAPS AND AMAZING GRACE HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING BROUGHT US TOGETHER TO PAY TRIBUTE FOR TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DEFENDING OUR NATION MAY THEIR SOULS LIVE ON IN YOUR GRACIOUS PRESENCE AND MAY THEY EXPERIENCE THE FULL MEASURE OF YOUR LOVE AND MERCY WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU GUIDE US AND MAKE US WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICES FROM WHICH WE HAVE BENEFITED WE PRAY WE NEVER FORGET HOW BLESSED WE TRULY ARE AS A NATION AS A PEOPLE AND AS YOUR CHILDREN LET US GO IN PEACE AMEN AMEN AM[01:00:25]
FOR FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ABLE AND HAVE THE TIME AND ABILITY PLEASE JOIN US AS THE CITY OF FRISCO UNVEILS ITS NEWEST TRAIL MARKER HONORING FRISCO KIA PRIVATE CECIL CLEVELAND WALDRAM MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY ARE HERE TODAY AND THE UNVEILING WILL TAKE PLACE IN APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES MINUTES AT THE TRAIL MARKER LOCATION BEHIND ME AND TO MY LEFT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE POND THERE'S A A 10-FT TENT OVER THERE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IF YOU IF YOU PLAN ON JOINING US THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S CEREMONY HAVE A MEANINGFUL REST OF YOUR DAY THIS CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY THANK YOU GOING TO COME ON YEAH THANK GO TO THEF* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.