Ray Kari, who winters at Lettuce Lake Campground south of Arcadia, Fla., had an “out of body experience” after being shot while serving as a medic in the Pacific Theatre in World War II. Sun photo by Jeffery Langlois
Pvt. Ray Kari was the youngest, least-trained medic in Company B, 169th Infantry, 43rd Division when he waded ashore in the middle of the night on a small attol just off New Georgia Island in the southwest Pacific a lifetime ago. Read the rest of this entry »
For grateful service: An Army sergeant presents Betty Turner with her husband, Hudson Turner’s, burial flag during a service held Monday afternoon at the Sarasota, Fla. Veterans National Cemetery. At Betty’s far left is her son, Philip and her daughters: Carolyn and Elizabeth. Sun photo by Don Moore
A VFW chaplain said a few words, two soldiers in dress uniforms folded an American flag into a precise triangle and handed it gently to the widow, a rifle squad fired three volleys and Taps was played as 50 mourners bowed their heads. Read the rest of this entry »
