The second method could be a DYI thing if you're handy. It would also be an easier and therefor cheaper method to pay a woodworker to do it.
Posted on 07/24/2022 12:09:18 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
My father was a Korean Vet and passed away several weeks ago. He was buried with military honors so I bought a nice, 5x9 display case. Unfortunately the flag is too thick on one end to put the back on the display case.
Was thinking about a couple options but open to other ideas. First, contact the local VFW and see if they can refold it so it sits flatter and doesn't have a lump on one corner or try pressing the flag with a couple boards and some books. I checked the box that the case came in and it says it's for a 5x9 flag. The front is glass so & engraved with my father's information so trying to be careful not forcing it in.
Does a folded flag typically have a fat side or what other ideas do people have? Thank you.
Thank you.
The one I bought is like the one on the right. Problem is its engraved glass so I’m afraid of forcing it.
I’ve never heard of that but this is our first military funeral. Thank you for the information because I’ll use it when I call my local VFW.
Burial flags are 5x9. The smaller 3x5 are usually presented to the service member for retirements after they been flown over the capitol.
The second method could be a DYI thing if you're handy. It would also be an easier and therefor cheaper method to pay a woodworker to do it.
No, thank you for honoring the memory of a Korean War vet.
What branch of the service was he?
When my wife’s Uncle, a USMC Chosin Resevoir vet, passed on, I contacted the local Marine Reserve center and they made sure all appropriate ceremonies and services were available, as well as pointing survivors to the right places with questions about any retirement or pension paperwork.
It is extremely important that we honor these heroes as they leave us. They are a reminder of the debt we owe to those who sacrificed for a fair and free America.
He was an MP in the Army stationed in Germany. He always thought it was interesting that they made him an MP due to his size (5’ 10’ 160 lbs.). But he did his duty and was very proud of it.
I thought about hanging it on the wall without the back but I’m going to reach out to the local VFW to see if they can compress it as suggested in an earlier post.
Interesting that you say that. I live in a military town. You cannot throw a dead cat without hitting a retired Marine. But when you go to the local hardware store, the parking slot that is "reserved for a veteran" is almost always empty, even though it is close by the door.
OBTW, I'm a retired Marine and I have never parked in that slot. My thinking is that there is some guy right behind me who was deep in the S!&t, that deserves it more than me.
I attended an event yesterday that dedicated names on a new wall of the Korean war vets of Ohio. Its a wonderful Vietnam veterans park in Clinton Ohio.
Check out ovmp.org
Thank your daughter for her service down at Fort Sam. I grew up opposite Salado Creek from that cemetery, my FIL was recently buried there. 2019.
I stand corrected. I was thinking you were describing a 5x9 inch box, not flag size.
I stand corrected. I thought he was describing the flag display box....
I retired with a flag flown over Baghdad... It was flown over it in an AC 130 Spookie gunship in 2005, courtesy of the 319th SpecOps Squadron, by a pilot I was associated with during the 2003 land campaign. He was ground-bound then as an air combat control team leader with my Army unit. He didn’t like the dirt....
Try reading it this way, “The flag was paper thin.”
The official dimensions of the US Internment flag is 5 x 9.5. Based on the information provided, I do not believe the case is the correct size.
The official internment flag dimensions are 5 x 9.5 ... slightly longer.
Here’s prayers for your dad. Hope it makes it to on hundred and beyond.
It probably just needs refolding correctly. My dad died in 71 and when I came home on emergency leave I got it. It took years to get around to buying a case and what I had to do was take it to my sister’s house and put it on her kitchen island (huge).
I was on funeral detail for a good bit of time in my early stateside time in the military so it was just a matter of having the room to lay it out properly and fold it correctly.
Thanks - we keep telling him he’s “got a date with 100!”
My miserable typing, it was a paper thin flag. The light easily went thru it. My uncle had an honor guard which made the canned music all the mor strange. Even a boy scout with a trumpet would have been more appropriate.
Guess there’s no mor scouts these days.
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