Folks across the Gulf Coast on Monday marked Memorial Day with the solemn reverence the holiday holds but also as a time to relax and spend time with family.
From the Revolutionary War down to the war against the Islamic State, more than 666,000 Americans have given their lives in combat. Evens on both sides of Mobile Bay honored them.
“We value and honor them and the service that they gave,” said Lloyd Michael Austin, a veteran of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, who was at the service on Virginia Street. “They gave the ultimate sacrifice, and for us to be here today and honor them is such a privilege on our behalf. Because of what they did, we’re able to do today.”
“I lost two buddies during the war,” said Daphne resident Lawrence Rozolsky, who was checking out the sites inside the hangar at Battleship Park. That serviceman, Rozolsky said, died when an arsonist set fire to an on-base club in Tennessee, causing the roof to cave in. He said even though his friend was not a war casualty, he was honoring his memory anyway.“We had some fun up at the Drum, because I was a sub-hunter,” he said. “Aviation. I knew about subs because I spent a week on it learning what they did to avoid us detecting them.”
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