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    Medal of Honor Recipient, Glass Ceiling Shattering Coast Guard Admiral, and U.S. Senator Honor Fallen at Chicago Memorial Day Wreath-laying Ceremony [Image 28 of 36]

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    Medal of Honor Recipient, Glass Ceiling Shattering Coast Guard Admiral, and U.S. Senator Honor Fallen at Chicago Memorial Day Wreath-laying Ceremony

    Jean Harris, Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator and the Gold Star Step-Mother of Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. Joshua Harris, lays the Gold Star Family Wreath at the Chicago Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony. Harris said Gold Star Families are a club that doesn't want any more members but does lean on each other for support. Sgt. Harris was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 17, 2008, when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. Two Illinois Army National Guard retirees; Medal of Honor Recipient Allen Lynch and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, joined Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Memorial Day Grand Marshal Coast Guard Rear Admiral Zeita Merchant, in honoring fallen U.S. service members at the Chicago Memorial Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Saturday, May 25, on Daley Plaza in Chicago. Lynch, of Gurnee, earned the Medal of Honor on Dec. 15, 1967 in Vietnam while serving with the U.S. Army's Co. D, 1st Battalion (Airmobile), 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division for incredibly valorous actions saving wounded comrades. After his service in Vietnam, he joined the Illinois National Guard and retired with 21 years of service from the Army National Guard in 1994. Duckworth was severely wounded in Iraq on Nov. 12, 2004, when the Black Hawk helicopter she was piloting was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade some 50 miles north of Baghdad. She would continue her service in the Illinois Army National Guard and reached the rank of lieutenant colonel retiring in 2014 with 23 years of service. Merchant, who was born in Chicago, attained the rank of rear admiral this year becoming the first African American woman in the 233-year history of the Coast Guard to attain the rank of admiral.

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    Date Taken: 05.25.2024
    Date Posted: 05.26.2024 20:23
    Photo ID: 8431448
    VIRIN: 240525-A-OH563-8755
    Resolution: 4216x3558
    Size: 1.79 MB
    Location: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US

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