27-05-2025
Yuba City honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
( — Over 200 community members attended Yuba City's 'A Grateful Nation Remembers' ceremony to honor those who died fighting for the land of the free and home of the brave.
The event was held next to the Yuba City Freedom Heroes Outdoor Memorial that honors over 7,000 service members who have died in the line of duty since 9/11.
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Veteran Kevin Barrie quietly searched for the names of three of his dear friends who died in the War on Terror.
'This weekend is a really hard weekend for me– I never really thought that I would ever be coming to something like this and actually scratching names of people that I knew,' Barrie, who served in Iraq alongside them, said.
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Vietnam Veteran Dave Roever was severely burned while serving.
'Everything you see on the right [of my body], if it's not covered, it was reduced to charcoal and bone instantly,' Roever tells Fox40. '60 pounds of my flesh was blown off me.'
The 78-year-old who travels the world speaking with service members about resiliency tells us he has no regrets.
'I grew up to believe in America, I grew up to believe in freedom,' he adds. 'If we forget to remember, we'll never have the freedom that we now have.'
Veteran Joseph Crook participated in the ceremony's hospital reenactment.
'I lost six of my friends overseas, so it's a pretty personal day for me,' Crook says. 'They were all people with dreams, people with families.'
The service honored all active-duty military personnel and veterans with American flags, including one very special World War II veteran who was given a standing ovation. The ceremony also paid tribute to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and concluded with an honorary flyover.
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