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  2. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A "ramp ceremony" is a memorial ceremony, not an actual funeral, for a soldier killed in a war zone held at an airfield near or in a location where an airplane is waiting nearby to take the deceased's remains to his or her home country. The term has been in use since at least 2003 [13] and became common during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [14]

  3. Joseph Beyrle - Wikipedia

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    Joseph R. Beyrle (pron. BYE-er-lee) (Russian: Джозеф Вильямович Байерли; romanized: Dzhozef Vilyamovich Bayyerli; August 25, 1923 – December 12, 2004) is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the United States Army and the Soviet Red Army in World War II.

  4. Military funeral - Wikipedia

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    Military funeral procession for World War II soldier and Victoria Cross recipient Ernest ("Smokey") Smith in Vancouver, Canada on August 13, 2005. The casket of Caspar Weinberger , 15th United States Secretary of Defense , in a ceremonial funeral procession en route to its final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery on April 4, 2006.

  5. Veteran comes out as gay in moving obituary: ‘Now that my ...

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    The obituary included a painting of a man, seemingly Ryan, in his military uniform. By the evening of June 12, around 150 people had written messages of support for the late veteran in the ...

  6. Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman ...

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    Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson's family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman ...

  7. List of last surviving veterans of military operations

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    Last soldier to serve under Muhammad at the battle. [1] Battle of Hastings: 14 October 1066 Norman Army Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester: c.1050 – 1118

  8. List of centenarians (military commanders and soldiers)

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    American soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) [40] James W. Downing: 1913–2018: 104: American Navy lieutenant [41] Leo J. Dulacki: 1918–2019: 100: American Marine Corps lieutenant general [42] James Francis Edwards: 1921–2022: 100: Canadian fighter pilot [43] William J. Ely: 1911–2017: 105: American Army officer [44] William A ...

  9. List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Alpena County

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    Alpena: July 21, 1988: Daniel Carter Family Commemorative Designation 211 First Avenue Alpena: June 20, 1994: First Congregational Church: 201 Second Avenue Alpena: July 15, 1999: I.O.O.F. Centennial Building† 150 East Chisholm Street: Alpena: June 15, 1979: Michigan's Cement Industry: Ford Avenue, Roadside Park east of Alpena Alpena ...