Bouhammer's Afghanistan and Military Blog

A tribute to the Fallen of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq

Posted By Bouhammer on June 28, 2009

The moving Vietnam Memorial Wall has been in Knox Park in East Aurora, New York since Saturday. I went tonight to see it right before the storm hit and was equally pleased to see another memorial there…one to all the fallen of OIF and OEF.

They have these big plaques with gold dog tags in them with the names, dates, rank of every fallen soldier in both wars. It felt very good to rub the names of great soldiers I know or know of like Roustum, Scheuster, Rodriguez, Seabrooks, Mangano, Lundell, Deghand, Rafferty, and McCloughlin.

The memorial is going to be taken down at dusk on Monday night, with a closing cermony. So if you live in the Western New York area and read this blog you have until then to get down there and see it.

Categories: Afghanistan Tour, Patriotism, Wall of Honor
Tags: Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam

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The Bouhammer [boo-ham-er] blog was originally created by a 22-year retired First Sergeant of the Army. This blog started out as a way to write about military related issues. It turned into a way for Bouhammer to document his 16 month tour as an ETT leader in Afghanistan for family and friends. It is now one of the leading and award-winning blogs written exclusively on operations in Afghanistan and other military related topics. In addition to Bouhammer, another writer is "The Dude" who is a National Guard Officer who served with Bouhammer in Afghanistan. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy what you see. If you care about what is happening in the land where the attacks of 9/11 were planned and if you care about our military, this is the blog for you. Tell your family, tell your friends, and even tell people you don't like.

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