Waupaca Middle School band member Cameron Calderon plays the baritone at the Wisconsin Veterans Home’s annual Memorial Day service in King.

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Firing rifles for Memorial Day services at the Symco Bridge were Cpl. Rollie Schuelke (left), of Clintonville, and Cpl. Merlin Becker, of Manawa.

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Bruce Freistedt, of Iola, listens intently to a patriotic melody performed by the Iola-Scandinavia High School Marching Band during the Memorial Day ceremony in downtown Iola.

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World War II Army Veteran Joseph Douglas Smith, 87, of New London attended Memorial Day services at Royalton Cemetery. He served in the Pacific Theater. “The worst battle was Okinawa,” he recalled. “We lost 39,000 there.” Smith claimed his unit had a front row seat to the action. He served with the 295 Joint Assault Signal Company, which served as spotters to direct fire for the infantry units

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Trinity’s Cub Scout Troop 3634 were among those observing Memorial Day in Riverview Park in Waupaca. Shown are (left to right) Jeremiah Auer, Aaron Monday and Cody Abhold.

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Shown (from left) are veterans Bill Bahrke, Harold Kester and Ron Kautz, who participated in Clintonville’s Memorial Day observance at Graceland Cemetery.

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Daniel Forslin, a senior at Weyauwega-Fremont High School, plays “Taps” Monday during Fremont’s Memorial Day program at Wolf River Cemetery. The program followed a parade down Wolf River Drive.

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Members of the Marion Girl Scouts carried crosses bearing the names of fallen soldiers from Marion during the Memorial Day program May 31.

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