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ARLINGTON, Virginia (KSEE/KGPE) - It was a rainy greeting astatine Arlington National Cemetery. The veterans and guardians connected the 29th Central Valley Honor Flight were determination to observe the Changing of the Guard astatine the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier.
Four veterans successful the radical were specifically chosen to laic down a wreath astatine the tomb - a immense grant for them.
Despite the solemn atmosphere, determination was a moment of brightness during the gloomy time erstwhile children from a visiting schoolhouse radical lined up to shingle hands with the veterans and convey them for their service.
“It was similar a closure of Vietnam," said Veterans Rex Nunes and Charlie McClain.
Vietnam War Veteran Charlie McClain said it was astir similar a invited location they ne'er got.
“They each shook my manus and I tried to get arsenic galore of their names arsenic I could, and they’re conscionable fascinating kids and it conscionable touched my heart," McClain said.
From there, the radical explored the subject women’s memorial and museum, where the pistillate veterans were individually recognized for their service.
The time wrapped up successful Washington, D.C., astatine some the Korean and Vietnam warfare memorials. Many successful this radical served successful those wars and unluckily mislaid friends, household and loved ones. The partition lists the names of each the work members who died determination and adjacent includes those who stay missing.
Air Force seasoned Clay Byrd, recovered the sanction of an aged schoolhouse person astatine the memorial.
“The archetypal 1 we saw was the traveling memorial, travel done Tulare, and it was affectional past but not present convey goodness," helium and his woman Sandy, besides a veteran, said.
After the memorials, the veterans got backmost connected the formation to instrumentality home.
