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Alaska Celtic Pipes and Drums member Richard Christiansen plays the bagpipes during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Wall of Honor.
Alaska Celtic Pipes and Drums member Richard Christiansen plays the bagpipes during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Wall of Honor.
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Alaska National Guard Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus holds a salute as the colors are presented during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Wall of Honor in Wasilla Monday afternoon. (Photo essay by Robert DeBerry)

Dan McDowell captures an image of names on the Veterans Wall of Honor after Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony.
Dan McDowell captures an image of names on the Veterans Wall of Honor after Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony.
Colony High Shool JROTC members Emily Hart and Gretchen Sharpe-Swart pose for a photograph with a POW-MIA flag. The flag they are holding came from the top of Mount POW-MIA in the Chugach Range. The two, along with other members of the JROTC, replaced the flag last weekend at the top of the 4,235-foot peak. Cadets with the Colony JROTC have been replacing the flag yearly since 1999.
Colony High Shool JROTC members Emily Hart and Gretchen Sharpe-Swart pose for a photograph with a POW-MIA flag. The flag they are holding came from the top of Mount POW-MIA in the Chugach Range. The two, along with other members of the JROTC, replaced the flag last weekend at the top of the 4,235-foot peak. Cadets with the Colony JROTC have been replacing the flag yearly since 1999.
A plastic rose is taped next to the name of SPC Shane Woods, who was killed in action Sept. 9, 2006. during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A plastic rose is taped next to the name of SPC Shane Woods, who was killed in action Sept. 9, 2006. during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Valley resident Jan Warner attaches flowers next to her father’s name, Floyd Welch, on the Wall of Honor Monday.
Valley resident Jan Warner attaches flowers next to her father’s name, Floyd Welch, on the Wall of Honor Monday.
More than a dozen wreaths sit at the base of the Veterans Wall of Honor during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony.
More than a dozen wreaths sit at the base of the Veterans Wall of Honor during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony.
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