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Tomb Guard Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Jay stood on Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza and held up a ...
These words are inscribed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: "Here rests in honored glory an American Soldier, Known but to God." The tomb is now the resting place of three unidentified U.S ...
Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery is among the highest honors a U.S. Servicemember can achieve.
None of this fazes the Soldier, for he is a sentinel, a guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. He has one of the most sacred missions in the military, and he would walk ...
Andrew Jay, a 1st Class Sergeant of the Guard who grew up in Salt Lake City, made his “last walk” as a Tomb Guard at the Tomb ...
Retired Army Major Foster C. “Jock” Davis of Russellville, a World War II Veteran, placed a wreath in honor of all Arkansas ...
But for the final two hours of his 37-year career, Zana wanted one last chance to stand a shift he had held as a young sergeant: keeping watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. “I was Pvt.
In May, I visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. As I stood among the spectators, I was struck by their respectful dignity, especially the youth – boys and girls ...
The Army wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery that featured “Pershing’s Own” Army band playing the national ...
On the 84th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the President honoured the memory of those fallen in ...
Hundreds will honor the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. The ceremony includes a prelude from the United States Marine Corps band and a full honor wreath ...
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
In March 1926, soldiers from nearby Fort Myer were first assigned to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The guards, present only during daylight hours, discouraged visitors from climbing or ...