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FRANKFORT, Ky. The Kentucky National Guard held its annual Memorial Day ceremony Monday in Frankfort at the Boone National Guard Center. Speakers, including Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, honored men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military and recognized Gold Star families in attendance.
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The Kentucky National Guard held its annual Memorial Day ceremony to honor fallen soldiers with Gov. Andy Beshear in attendance
A new name added to the Kentucky National Guard Memorial was recognized
A special focus was given to the names on the Kentucky National Guard Memorial who served in the 103rd and 106th Coast Artillery Battalions (Separate) during WWII
Messages to Fort Campbell officials were not returned.
When a marshal confronted him, Higueros claimed to be a law enforcement officer who was transporting a firearm related to a case. He gave him consent to search his bag, where the marshall found an unloaded Glock 43 pistol, a magazine with six rounds and an empty magazine, the complaint said.
Higueros was taken into custody upon landing in Nashville. His military commander told authorities that Higueros was AWOL because he had left the 250-mile radius surrounding Fort Campbell without approval.
He also said Higueros was not serving in any government or law enforcement capacity.
UK Army/Air Force ROTC honor Elwood Woody Hughes and Franklin Sousley, two veterans with Kentucky ties who served in Iwo Jima.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 25, 2021) This past Tuesday, University of Kentucky Army and Air Force ROTC cadets commemorated the 76th anniversary of the flag raising on Iwo Jima with a flag raising ceremony on the UK campus. The event paid special tribute to two World War II veterans with Kentucky ties: the late Elwood “Woody” Hughes and Franklin Runyon Sousley (1925-1945).
Hughes, who died Feb. 2, 2021, at age 95 in Lexington, had planned to raise a flag this Tuesday at Veterans Park Elementary in Lexington to honor those who lost their lives at Iwo Jima. Shortly after his death, schools across Chicago (where he lived most of his life) and beyond received word of his plan, and over 100 flag raising ceremonies were organized. His son, Bill Hughes, rose the flag at Veterans Park Elementary on his father s behalf.
Tuesday's ceremony paid special tribute to two World War II veterans with Kentucky ties: the late Elwood “Woody” Hughes and Franklin Runyon Sousley.