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St. Clair County veterans work to add names to memorial
St. Clair County veterans work to add names to memorial
(EXCERPT) The Associated Press 12/25/2003, 11:35 a.m. ET PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — Two St. Clair County veterans who are on a mission to honor military men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice face many obstacles in their ongoing effort. About a year ago, Dave Belair, a Vietnam veteran and Port Huron resident, began an effort to trace the origins of two memorial tablets in Port Huron's Pine Grove Park. He has since been joined by Korean War veteran Joe Herber. "I've spent many hours trying to track this stuff down," Belair told the Times Herald for a Thursday story. "It's been a paper chase." The tablets bear the names of about 300 local soldiers killed in both world wars, Korea and Vietnam. Belair and Herber hope to add the names of five servicemen killed since Vietnam, but they want permission first from those responsible for the tablets. Despite months of searching through worn newspaper clippings and talking to veterans across the county, the men have few leads. Although the city maintains tablets as part of the park, it has never been involved in the inscription of names. The team knows the first memorial was created in 1954 by the St. Clair County Memorial Tablet Association. The association then gave all records of the memorial to the... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 25 Dec 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michi...0942309782.xml --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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