The 142 Wing of the Portland Air National Guard Base plans to conduct 17 Memorial Day flyovers throughout northwest Oregon ...

U.S. flags should fly at half-staff from sunrise until noon. At noon, flags should be “raised briskly” to the top of the ...

For three years, the duties of death called on Patrick Prendergast to don a full dress uniform and metaphorical mask of stone ...

The Confederate cause is deeply ingrained in American military ... flag" all the more pertinent to service members who view it as important to their heritage — important enough to display ...

He always finishes with taps — a chilling, 24-note salute that is traditionally played by a lone bugler or trumpeter at funerals ... uniformed military members to fold the flag and play a ...

The Missouri's captain ordered a military ... ordered the funeral to be held the next morning. The crew collected red and white cloth and sewed a makeshift “rising sun” flag so he could ...

The ship's captain, William Callaghan, ordered a military burial for the pilot. This act of compassion is remembered today. The mayors of Honolulu and Minamikyushu will commemorate the anniversary.

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

The group gives full military honors, including seven rifles for three volleys, a bugler to play taps, and the folding and presentation of the burial flag. A new service offered comes from Steve ...