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Veteran honored by skydive at funeral
The News Enterprise ^ | August 19, 2012 | Jill Pickett

Posted on 08/19/2012 4:45:08 AM PDT by SLB

Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Engel lands at Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens during the funeral of James Maynard Pile, to honor the veteran Saturday. The family wanted a skydiver at the funeral of their loved one, who was an Army paratrooper in World War II and was shot upon landing on a battlefield in France.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: funeral; veteran

1 posted on 08/19/2012 4:45:13 AM PDT by SLB
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To: SLB

The link will take you to the picture.


2 posted on 08/19/2012 4:46:17 AM PDT by SLB (23rd Artillery Group, Republic of South Vietnam, Aug 1970 - Aug 1971.)
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To: SLB

Awesome!!!!


3 posted on 08/19/2012 5:42:42 AM PDT by fishnsoldier (The second ammendment ensures they don't forget about the others.)
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“Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Engel”

I am impressed. Great Photo.

Had a good friend who parachuted behind the lines at Normandy and into Holland. He was also trucked into the Bulge. Those men are to be respected.


4 posted on 08/19/2012 5:59:17 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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