Field of Honor Ceremony

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Field of Honor Ceremony Scheduled for Apr. 14
Springtime tribute to fallen heroes
 
Hillsborough County, Fla. (Apr. 2, 2018) – The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County invites the community to its quarterly Field of Honor Ceremony on Saturday, April 14 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 springtime 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 January, February and March 2018.
 
·                     Eleven personnel killed during Operation Inherent Resolve (Iraq, Syria and Yemen)
·                     One casualty during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (Afghanistan)
·                     Two U. S. Navy aviators killed off the coast of Key West, FL
·                     Seven USAF Airman killed in their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crash in  western Iraq
·                     Two U. S. army personnel killed in their Apache helicopter crash in California
·                     61 previously unidentified remains of military members lost during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam (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 Strawberry Crest High School Army JROTC 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.
Walt Raysick