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Staff sergeant who died in Afghanistan honored at Mannheim Memorial Day ceremony

Photos by Michael Abrams, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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Judith Craig watches as Col. Joseph Brendler presents Jonas Craig, 7, with the Distinguished Flying cross his father, Staff Sgt. Heathe Craig, was posthumously awarded for his actions in Afghanistan. Craig was killed rescuing an injured soldier during a MEDEVAC mission on June 21, 2006. The presentation was made during the United States Army Garrison Mannheim's Memorial Day ceremony. Brendler is the commander of the 2nd Signal Brigade.

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Lt. Col. Jeffrey Fletcher, center, U.S. Army Garrison Mannheim commander, and other soldiers salute during the playing of taps at the garrison's Memorial Day ceremony on Monday. Also taking part in the ceremony, where wreaths were laid, were soldiers from the community, the high school JROTC honor guard and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.

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The Mannheim high school JROTC honor guard of David Moijica-Cruz, Susan Grunt, Jasmine Freeman and E.J. Yaya, from left, take part in the community's Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans' Memorial Park on Benjamin Franklin Village.

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The members of the Mannheim military community's Veterans of Foreign Wars post salute during the playing of the national anthem at the community's Memorial Day ceremony.

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The Mannheim JROTC honor guard retires the colors at the conclusion of the community's Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans' Memorial Park on Benjamin Franklin Village.

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