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Flowers for a fallen soldier: A Vietnam veteran makes an annual pilgrimage to keep a friends memory alive.

Flowers for a fallen soldier Michael M. DeWitt, Jr., Augusta Chronicle © Photo submitted. Phil and Peggy Stanley, center, with members of the Morrison family in Shelby, N.C. In trying to keep a fallen soldier’s memory alive, Philip Stanley has gained a wonderful new family. In 1967, Private First Class Stanley of Hampton, S.C., lost a friend to small arms fire in Vietnam. It has been 54 years since a solemn Army officer darkened that family’s door with the tragic news, bu...