Honoring the fallen

Published 9:58 pm Saturday, May 23, 2009

By By PAUL DUNN
Managing Editor

Photo 1: U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Spc. John Scott Taylor, from Pinetown, places American flags Friday morning around the perimeter of Oakdale Cemetery to honor military veterans who died serving their country.
Taylor’s brother, U.S. Army Spc. Joel A. Taylor, was killed in the Iraq War in June 2008.
Photo 2: A flag flutters in the morning breeze adjacent an Oakdale gravestone.
Photo 3: Pinetown resident John Harris gets ready to place a flag.
The American Legion Auxiliary No. 15, the 82nd Airborne Division, the Washington Fire-Rescue-EMS-Inspections Department and others helped place flags at area cemeteries Friday. (WDN Photos/Paul Dunn)