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MEMORIAL BANQUET (1 of 4) |
Jason Wolcott (ADT), Jan Silver
(Director), Tom Stumpner (Director), and Rev. Don
Hunter (guest) |
Dick O'Donnell, Bert and Chris Puckett, and
Troy Palmer (President) |
Barry Deere (director) sat with wife
Charmaine |
SM Dayton Herrington readies the ADT Color
Guard |
ADT Color Guard
trooped in the colors |
Colors
were then posted |
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Pledge of Allegiance
was made by all |
 Bob
Speers lights Candle #1 for men lost in Normandy, June -
July, 1944 |
 Angel
Romero
lit candle #2 remembering casualties in Holland, Sept-Oct, 1944 |
 Harry
Roll
honored the fallen in the Battle of The Bulge, Dec 44 - Jan 45 with candle #3
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Candle #4 honoring those lost in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq
and Afghanistan was lit by Chris Puckett |
Jan Silver
remembered departed 508ers and spouses as well as all airborne
around the world |
Moment of Silence
observed after the candles had been lit |
POW/MIA Table
honored those captured or missing |
Troy Palmer
related the significance of items on the POW/MIA table |
POW/MIA TABLE SYMBOLISM
- The table is round, to show everlasting
concern.
- The cloth is white as a symbol of the
purity of their motives when answering the Call of Duty.
- The red rose, in a vase tied with a red
ribbon, is to remind us of the life each of these heroes is
missing, and their loved ones and friends who continue to honor
their memory, and "keep the faith."
- A slice of lemon on the bread plate is
to remind us of the bitter fate of those captured, missing, and
slain heroes. \
- A pinch of salt is to symbolize the
tears endured by those missing, and their families.
- The glass is inverted to symbolize the
hero’s inability to share in the meal's toast.
- The chair is empty – as they are lost.
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These photos are
a mixture of work by Lois Andrews, Art Blanco, Liz Farrell, Lou Gutierrez, Dick O'Donnell and
Rick Trevizo.
Individual credits have not been given.
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