Memorial Day events

Brig. Gen. James Melin, USAFR (Ret.), former 452 AMW commander, shakes the forearm and thanks Purple Heart recipient, Staff Sgt. Octavio Sanchez, USMC (Ret.), after the Memorial Day ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery, May 28. Sgt Sanchez was the keynote speaker for the service. He suffered third degree burns over 70 percent of his body and face in 2005 when a makeshift roadside bomb detonated at his location in Ramadi, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Anna Ruiz)

Memorial Day events

Published May 31, 2012
By 452 AMW
452 AMW

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIF. -- Brig. Gen. James Melin, USAFR (Ret.), former 452 AMW commander, shakes the forearm and thanks Purple Heart recipient, Staff Sgt. Octavio Sanchez, USMC (Ret.), after the Memorial Day ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery, May 28. Sgt Sanchez was the keynote speaker for the service. He suffered third degree burns over 70 percent of his body and face in 2005 when a makeshift roadside bomb detonated at his location in Ramadi, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Anna Ruiz)