| The Post MEMORI AL DAY Sunday, June 6, 2004 3 @ Memorial Day (continued from page 1) cant engagements in the Bat- tle of the Bulge. “It’s about time,” he said of the new me- morial that immortalizes . the service and sacrifice of World War II vets. Perhaps because so many men and women are serving in harm's way in Iraq and Afghanistan, the parade was es- pecially well-attended. It was also rainfree, an unusual cir- cumstance in recent years. An- tique and classic cars carried veterans who were unable to walk the parade route, and the Dallas High School band played a medley of military se- lections that touched all branches of service. The brief ceremony at the honor roll was highlighted by a moving presentation on the his- tory of Taps, given by Marion Kunigonis, president of the Le- gion’s Ladies Auxiliary. She closed her remarks by singing three verses to a rapt audience. Susan Traver of Lehman came to watch her father, Herb Dreher, a veteran of Korea, march in the parade, as he has done for more than 40 years. She has attended “ever since I was a child,” and brought the next generation, Christopher, age 2 1/2, who sat is a carriage decorated with red, white and blue balloons. Russ Havey served for three years in the late 1950s, at the height of the Cold War. A 8 atc POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK Brianna Cannell, 5, of West Pittston, waited for her turn at the podium during a rally to support members of the 109th Field Artillery deployed in Iraq. The rally, held May 29 at Twin Stacks Center in Dallas, was sponsored by Chestnut Ridge Communication Services and the Dallas American Legion Auxiliary. Little Brianna, whose father Ray is in Iraq with the il 09th, sang “God Bless America’ for the assem- blage. divi =u sishiua a tanker pilot, “I got all over the world,” including a flight to the North Pole. As he has for sever- al years, Havey stood along the roadside near his grandchil- dren, each waving an American flag. At Woodlawn Cemetery, where the marchers and crowd proceeded from the honor roll, State Sen. Charles D. Lem- mond Jr. quoted Gen. George S. Patton on the tone these ob- servances should have. “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” Lemmond also recalled the years he marched in the parade as a Cub Scout. “This is part of our tradition,” he said, remind- ing listeners that everyone has something for which to thank veterans. The Dallas Legion Post has 168 World War II veterans as members, Lemmond said, but they are all now near or past age 80. “Talk to them while you still can,” he urged, pointing out that more than 1,000 WWII vets die every day. “We're eternally grateful for all that they've done,” Lem- mond said, just before an honor guard fired a 21-gun salute in honor of fallen heroes. 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