The cemetery fell silent Monday as 259 names were read.Those names belonged to men and women, both veterans and active duty, who died since the last Memorial Day ceremony.“You all are a very intimidating bunch,” Capt. James Hancock said to the hundreds gathered for the ceremony at Coastal Carolina State Veteran’s Cemetery, hosted by the Beirut Memorial Chapter No. 642 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.Hancock, the commanding officer for the [...]
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