Remembering: Moses Lake community honors fallen servicemembers
1st Vice Cmdr. Rex Rogers of American Legion Joe R. Hooper Post 209 plays “Taps” for the Memorial Day service at the 87 Forgotten Heroes Memorial in Moses Lake.
Sam Fletcher/Columbia Basin Herald
Former Staff Sgt. Ralph Boyden leads the line of roses to place for each of the fallen servicemembers at the Memorial Day service at the 87 Forgotten Heroes Memorial in Moses Lake on Monday.
Ruezhan Rogers rings the Bell of Honor 87 times, one for each person listed on the 87 Forgotten Heroes Memorial, then seven more times for those who have responded, served, protected, defended, sacrificed, suffered and lost their life at the Memorial Day service in Moses Lake.
Vietnam Veteran Bernie Erickson poses before his military truck at the Memorial Day service at the 87 Forgotten Heroes Memorial in Moses Lake.
“When Memorial Day comes around, I think — I’m Vietnam era; I didn’t go to Vietnam — I think of my buddies that went there, and I think of all the soldiers who come after them, not by name, but as a group,” said 1st Vice Cmdr. Rex Rogers of American Legion Joe R. Hooper Post 209. “It’s one day that we can really thank them for their sacrifices.”
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