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Killeen VFW motorcycle group to escort Army veteran to cemetery, motorcyclists encouraged to attend


“No soldier goes alone.” Those were the words spoken by a member of the Killeen Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9192, which often attends funerals and escorts fallen veterans and soldiers to their final resting place.
Today, the body of former Staff Sgt. Fantasia Woods will be escorted to her final resting place with honors and support from a glowing military community.
This afternoon, members of the VFW post 9192 motorcycle group, The Dog Pack, along with friends and family of Woods will gather in a procession to bring her body to the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, where she will be laid to rest. ....

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MecaTX keeps taps tradition alive on Memorial Day


Samantha Salvador, 23, of Killeen, became visibly emotional as she played taps at the grave site of her former mentor, Edwin Maunakea Jr., at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery Monday.
Maunakea was the former president of MecaTX, the Multi-Educational Cross Cultural Arts of Central Texas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and spreading awareness for cultural music and dance.
Maunakea had the distinct honor, and misfortune, of being a prisoner-of-war in not one, but two wars — Korea and Vietnam. He passed away in 2015.
“I’m Hispanic and Hawaiian; he was the one who showed me more of my Hawaiian roots,” Salvador said. “I remember growing up, he lost part of his thumb, and he’d always laugh about it. He played the most beautiful ukulele.” ....

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