7,700 Combat boots bearing 7,700 U S flags, photos I D our fallen heroes since 9-11 sofmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sofmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FORT HOOD â Approximately 7,700 boots are on display at the Sadowski Parade Field here for the annual III Corps and Fort Hood Remembrance Display. The display honors the sacrifices of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines since Sept. 11, 2001.
The annual display, which originally began in 2014, honors the fallen with a combat boot containing an American flag. Each boot identifies a fallen service member with a badge displaying a picture and the name of the service member. Throughout the years, friends and family members write messages and leave mementos on the boots.
Dozens of volunteers and soldiers help set up the display annually. All the boots are arranged by the year the service members died.
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