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Burial At Sea

From: Adam Allington
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Bill Bricker has one particular memory that colors his observation of Memorial Day Read the full description.
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Brickerhorse_small Host Intro: All across America today people are gathering at village greens, town halls, churches and cemeteries to remember those fallen in service of their country. Bill Bricker was a captain in the Marine Corps during WWII and was wounded during the campaign for Okinawa. For Bill, Memorial Day always invokes a particular memory that colors his observation of the holiday. Host Outro: Bill Bricker was a councelor at a "Ranch Camp" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for over 50 years. He is retired now lives in Glen Arbor, Michigan. That story was produced by Adam Allington.

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Host Intro: All across America today people are gathering at village greens, town halls, churches and cemeteries to remember those fallen in service of their country. Bill Bricker was a captain in the Marine Corps during WWII and was wounded during the campaign for Okinawa. For Bill, Memorial Day always invokes a particular memory that colors his observation of the holiday. Host Outro: Bill Bricker was a councelor at a "Ranch Camp" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for over 50 years. He is retired now lives in Glen Arbor, Michigan. That story was produced by Adam Allington.

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Broadcast Memorial Day weekend 2006 on Interlochen Public Radio

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3:25 seconds with extended music bridge

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