As part of the ceremony honoring Sgt. Standley, his son, Judge Larry Standley has created a shadowbox display containing his father's uniform and medals.
As Judge Standley pointed out, there are only approximately 1.7 million American veterans still alive from World War II, and statistics seem to indicate that about one thousand of them die every day. This is an amazing and touching tribute from a Son to a Father -- and a Nation to a Solider.
Congratulations, Sergeant Standley and thank you for everything.
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Congrats and thank you to Sgt. Standley. I was honored to be invited and to attend his event today. Judge Standley did a great job organizing the event and delivering a heartfelt speech that honored his Father as well as the current Air Force personnel that attended. I was very happy to meet and honor a member of the greatest generation.
-Nathan Hennigan
They really are becoming fewer and fewer each day. My own Dad, a WW2 vet, passed away in 2007. We have a similar display to Larry's with Dad's service ribbons and his Transportation Corps (branch of service) patch, along with the flag that was presented by the VFW honor guard at his funeral. It's become commonplace to say it, but they really were the greatest generation.
ABC13.com:
Special honor for World War II Army Air Corps veteran
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=8685850
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/pasadena/news/ellington-ceremony-honors-world-war-ii-veteran/article_13efbe46-c1bb-54d8-9fde-c6019feec2f6.html
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/lake-conroe-wwii-vet-to-get-honor/article_7059ac8b-95e8-5929-95ac-1121cb6ad3f9.html
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