Remembering our veterans

Remembering our veterans

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By Araksya Karapetyan

BONNEVILLE COUNTY - Many paid a visit to theirloved ones at local cemeteries today. For them, this day means a lot more, then just a day off work.
Donna Williams Robertson, stopped by the Ammon Cemetery, to see her husband Dean, who was a foot soldier in the infantry during WW II.
Rachelle and Orland Bailey paid a visit to Francis Bailey, at the Fielding Memorial Cemetery. Francis was in the artillery after the the Korean War. Both families remembered these brave men and the contributions they have made for our country.

"You bet I miss him," says Donna Williams Robertson.

"He was a really good guy," says Rachelle Bailey, remembering her father-in-law.
"That's him right here"

"Be ready for when we are together again," says Robertson.

"He was a carpenter, he was an excellent family man," says Bailey.

"My memory of him is wonderful," says Robertson.

"He was a great brother," says Orland Bailey, older brother.

"He was nineteen and we were married five days before he went into the service," says Robertson.

"Twelve in our family, and Francis was the baby," says Bailey.

"Really should have stuck around with me for awhile longer," says Robertson.

"Really him and his wife, loved each other dearly," says Bailey.

"I hate wars, don't we all, but it's so necessary, to keep our freedom and our liberty," says Robertson.

"It meant a lot," says Bailey.

"We better all recognize what they've given," says Robertson.

"Keep our freedom alive," says Bailey.

"He loved his country, it wasn't easy to leave," says Robertson.

"He used to tell me about his training over there and his experience in Germany," says Bailey.

"Those letters that were written to him were pretty special," says Robertson.

"He said he wouldn't want to do it again, but wouldn't take a million dollars, for the experience he had," says Bailey.

"He just wanted to come to Idaho to his family," says Bailey.

"It affected them, they never did want to talk much about it," says Bailey.

"You couldn't go though that without having a change in your life," says Robertson.

"Unless someone has really been in the service and in combat, they have no idea what those fellas went through," says Bailey.

"It made him more appreciative of his freedom," says Robertson.

"Without them we wouldn't have freedom we wouldn't be were we're at today," says Bailey.

"He gave his all for his country," says Robertson.

"To protect us," says Bailey.

"Hey Veteran, I'll be with you again, and thanks, thanks for giving your all," says Robertson.

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