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Posted on 02/14/2019 8:07:55 PM PST by massmike
D-Day veteran James McCue died a hero. About 500 strangers made sure of it.
“It’s beautiful,” Army Sgt. Pete Rooney said of the crowd that gathered in the cold and stood on the snow Thursday during McCue’s burial. “I wish it happened for every veteran’s funeral.”
Rooney, who lost his legs when a roadside bomb exploded in Iraq in 2007, wheeled himself over and placed one hand on the casket and gave McCue a final salute. He was among the crowd of people who came to Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence to honor a man they had never met.
Earlier this week, cemetery staff wasn’t sure if anyone was going to show up at McCue’s funeral because they didn’t know of any living relatives. McCue was 97 years old when he died last week at a health care center in Methuen.
But local veterans went to work, inviting people to attend the funeral on social media. People from near and far, young and old, showed up at the cemetery, where McCue was laid to rest with full military honors.
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Darn screen going fuzzy again.
Between this and the Texas veteran funeral, I know we still have people with good hearts.
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RIP. Thank you, Sir. Thanks to all the Vets who made his service memorable and honorable.
Amazing human beings. Amazing bravery. I’ve never done anything near as brave, and likely never will. They put everything on the line for the principles laid forth in the Constitution. I will be forever grateful.
RIP, soldier.
Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.
God bless those who turned out to pay final respects to this dear D-Day Vet.
“They put everything on the line for the principles laid forth in the Constitution”
as WE must now against the enemies within our country we face.
RIP James McCue.
As the daughter of a D-Day veteran, (Army 29th Div., 116 Inf. Batt.) who was in the first group who landed on Normandy Beach on June 6, my heart and prayers go out to this brave soldier and his loved ones. I’m truly sorry that I was unable to attend his last rites.
Make that Omaha Beach for my father’s jumping off on D-Day.
116th of the 29th.
By chance was your dad one of the Bedford Boys, company A?
My Grandchildren and their 4H Club made valentines for the VA hospital. They passed them out yesterday.
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