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Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum hosts inaugural Flags for the Fallen Share Updated: 6:20 PM EDT May 27, 2021 Share Updated: 6:20 PM EDT May 27, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HE FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES .. INCLUDING PEEPING TOM. N EW AT 6 -- A TRANSFORMATION OF THE MEMORIAL GARDEN AT THE MIGHTY 8TH AIR FORCE MUSEUM. OUR DAVE WILLIAMS WALKS US THROUGH THE CHANGES (COL. (RET.) BRENT BRACEWELL- TRUSTEE, MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE MUSEUM) "IT'S STILL HARD TO IMAGINE WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THE FLAGS, THEY REPRESENT A LIFE, AVERAGE AGE WAS 22 AND THAT REPRES...
At the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler, 26,000 48-star American flags stand, row by row, to honor the fallen for Memorial Day. Each of them, placed in the Memorial Garden and Chapel behind the museum for Memorial Day weekend, represents a life of a Mighty Eighth Air Force member lost in aerial combat in the European theater of World War II. This is the inaugural year for the Flags for the Fallen event, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Mighty Eighth Museum. Retired Army Col. Brent Bracewell led the project team consisting of Gregory Kindred, Roger Stradle...
Memorial Day weekend spurs Savannahians to reflect on the sacrifice made my members of the military unit formed in Savannah at the dawn of World War II
This year is the 25th anniversary of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Pooler. That is but one of the many reasons the organization, along with other Savannah-area veteran’s groups, is honoring service members who paid the ultimate sacrifice in a number of commemorations and ceremonies slated for Memorial Day weekend.