Field of Honor Ceremony

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The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County invites the community to a Field of Honor Ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 10 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park and Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr. Veterans Museum, 3602 U.S. Highway 301 N. in Tampa. The event, park, and monuments are all free and open to the public.
 
The Jan. 13 Field of Honor event is the first quarterly remembrance of 2018 and will pay tribute to law enforcement officers lost in the line of duty along with U.S. military servicemen and servicewomen who made the supreme sacrifice while engaged in our nation’s current War on Terror during October, November, and December of 2017:
 
·                     Four personnel killed during Operation Inherent Resolve (Iraq, Syria and Yemen)
·                     Four personnel killed during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (Afghanistan)
·                     Three sailors lost in a C-2A Greyhound transport plane in the Philippine Sea
·                     Four Special Forces soldiers killed in Niger
·                     74 previously unidentified remains of military members from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam (military personnel formerly listed as missing-in-action now identified through advancements in mitochondrial DNA research).
 
 
The Field of Honor Ceremony will also feature a banner presentation by Blue Star Mothers of Tampa Bay Inc., the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club color guard, Missing Man Formation flyover by Ye Mystic Airkrewe, Gold Star Families, patriotic music by Cody Palmer/VFW Post 8108, and a traditional rifle salute and taps by the Sgt. Walter P. Ryan Detachment 1226 Marine Corps League of Riverview.
 
For more information on Veterans Memorial Park and Museum, call (813) 744-5502 or (813) 246-3170. Visit Consumer & Veterans at HCFLGov.net/Veterans