Respect for the Fallen: A value worth passing on

Master Sgt. Claudia Carcamo and Chief Master Sgt. Marlon Carcamo guide their 2-year-old son, Javier, down a row of white tombstones adorned with small U.S. flags on May 24, 2013. The Carcamos were one of several families from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., to volunteer to place flags on the tombs of fallen service members at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., in honor of this year’s Memorial Day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

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Place flags from here to there

Retired Senior Master Sgt. Bob Greene, American Legion Post 6 commander, shows a group of volunteers where to place U.S. flags at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., on May 24, 2013. More than 100 Airmen and family members from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., volunteered to place flags on the tombs of deceased U.S. service members in honor of Memorial Day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

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Injured warriors honor fallen warriors

Tech. Sgt. Jamie Cleveland places a U.S. flag next to a veteran’s tomb while Airman 1st Class James Miles assists during a volunteer effort at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., on May 24, 2013. They were part of a group of more than 100 Airmen and family members from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., who volunteered in honor of Memorial Day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

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Flags and Flowers for the Fallen

Three-year old Zachariah David places a small wild flower on top of a veteran’s tomb May 24, 2013, at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., in honor of Memorial Day. More than 100 Airmen and family members from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., volunteered to place flags on the tombs of deceased U.S. service members in honor of Memorial Day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

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Scouts honor— the fallen

Tyler Herman, a Cub Scout with Troop 319, looks for a good spot to place a U.S. flag on the gravesite of a soldier who served in the Spanish-American War during a volunteer effort on May 24, 2013, at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., in honor of Memorial Day. Herman was one of about a dozen military children from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., who helped place U.S. flags on hundreds of gravesites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

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Mommy and daddy are here to help on Memorial Day

Senior Airman James Russell and his wife, Jessica, help their 18-month-old son, Elijah, place a small U.S. flag at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., on May 24, 2013. The Russells were part of a group of about 100 Airmen and family members from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., who volunteered to place flags on the tombs of deceased U.S. service members in honor of Memorial Day.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

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We’ll place flags here, you’ll place flags over there

Volunteers from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., cross paths as they continue to look for more U.S. veteran gravesites at Calvary Cemetery in Grand Forks, N.D., May 24, 2013. More than 100 volunteers observed this year’s Memorial Day by placing small American flags over 32 acres of cemetery plots that serve as the final resting place for more than 1,000 U.S. service members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Luis Loza Gutierrez)

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Placing of the Flags (Memorial Day weekend 2013)

Published May 28, 2013

Respect for the Fallen: A value worth passing on

Place flags from here to there

Injured warriors honor fallen warriors

Flags and Flowers for the Fallen

Scouts honor— the fallen

Mommy and daddy are here to help on Memorial Day

We’ll place flags here, you’ll place flags over there