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  A Celebration of Service: Honoring Pennsylvania Veterans -2011
28th Infantry Division (PAANG) Reunion and Memorial Service
                                  (Scroll below these current and classic photos of the event) 
The 28th Infantry Division has been honoring its service members at their National Shrine for over 70 years.  Each spring, on the third Sunday in May, Guardsmen and women from the Division gather together to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice .  
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Tracked and wheeled vehicles move into display positions prior to the mid-day service scheduled for noon.  The mighty guns of the Battleship PENNSYLVANIA and the memorial to the Battle of the Huertgen Forest of WWII are in the background.  

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  Beyond the guns of the PENNSYLVANIA is the Shrine to the 28th Infantry Division and the living memorial to the Argonne Forest in France during WWI 
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A Chinook hovers over Boalsburg in preparation for landing 
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A Blackhawk helicopter makes an approach on the LZ from the direction of Mount Nittany 

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 The Blackhawk appears to float above the Chinook in preparation for landing.

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The 28th Infantry Division Band marches out to lead the flag bearers. 

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Guideons from all associated PAANG units march towards to Shrine.

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Colors are posted as the ceremony begins. 
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 Pennsylvania Adjutant General Major General Wesley E. Craig address the assembled guests at the 2011 Celebration of Service event.

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A salute battery from the 109th Field Artillery out of Wilkes-Barre fires its guns at the 2009 service. This is such a cool picture. . . . .we decided to keep it in the gallery.

Visit us on You Tube for a 2010 video:  

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYcu3dhruM

This event takes place rain or shine always on the 3rd Sunday of May.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 January 2012 )
 
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