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- [Michael Picerno] There may be, overall, in an annual basis,

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several hundred, 300, 400 individuals,

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who just didn't have family.

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So I noticed this, that on a regular basis

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we're interring folks and there's no one to say goodbye,

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no one to fold the flag, no one to do military honors.

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So someone working with me had an idea.

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Let's do a special service once a month,

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read these folks' names off.

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We've got the military who provides honors here

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they'll fold the flag.

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- [Man] Today we remember all of them.

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- [Woman] Sergeant James A. Deary, Jr.

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PFC Donald E. Rasmussen.

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PFC Richard Glennon.

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PFC Ronald Cook.

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U.S. Marine Corps.

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- [Man] Lord help us to be filled with gratitude

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for these heroes of the past

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as we offer prayers for them.

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- [Picerno] This is not a potter's field.

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These people get the same burial, the same honor

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and dignity, as someone who lost their life in action

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or someone who is a retired general officer.

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I lost my father about five years ago.

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You know what it's like, you're numb,

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you're at a loss.

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People come in this gate, it's 
probably the worst time of their life,

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we're going to make sure that

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no matter how bad they're feeling

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that they're very proud that their dad or their mom

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or their cousin or whoever it was, served their country.

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Because we're going to do something for them that

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just doesn't happen in a private cemetery,

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doesn't happen anywhere else.