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The Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard waits to perform a gun salute and Taps during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Davis Funer
Memorial Park in Las Vegas, May 25. A 21-gun salute is a customary gun salute that is performed by the firing of cannons or firearms as a m
U.S. Air Force photo by Lorenz Crespo
Airman 1st Class Esteban Castillo, Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard
member, plays Taps during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Davis
Funeral Homes and Memorial Park in Las Vegas, May 25. The funeral
home, Veterans of Foreign Wars post and the local community paid
special tribute to honor those who sacrificed their lives in foreign wars
during the Memorial Day weekend.
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Members of the Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard raise The Nellis Air Force Base Honor Guard performs a 21-gun salute during Gaetano Benza, a 90-year old World War II veteran, del
the American flag to full-staff during a Memorial Day a Memorial Day ceremony at the Davis Funeral Homes and Memorial remarks during the Memorial Day celebration at the D
ceremony at the Davis Funeral Homes and Memorial Park in Las Vegas, May 25. On Memorial Day, a salute of 21 guns is fired Homes and Memorial Park in Las Vegas, May 25. Membe
Park in Las Vegas, May 25. The proper protocol for at noon while the flag is flown at half-staff. community in attendance celebrated and reflected
flying the American Flag on Memorial Day slightly sacrifices of those who gave their lives during foreign wa
differs from other occasions; on Memorial Day, flags
are flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon only,
and then raised quickly to full-staff.
