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Veteran urges Carmel to remember the "road never traveled" at Memorial Day ceremony
Summary
Keynote speaker Dan Hensley, a retired U.S. Army first sergeant, urged attendees at a Memorial Day ceremony in Carmel to remember both the lives lost in service and the lives those service members would have led, describing the military tradition of a final roll call and asking the crowd for a moment of silence.
Dan Hensley, a decorated U.S. Army veteran, urged attendees at a Memorial Day ceremony in Carmel to honor not only service members who died but "the road never traveled" — the family moments and life events those fallen service members will never experience.
Hensley, introduced as the event's keynote speaker, recounted deploying with the 5th Special Forces Group and described memorial traditions that remain with soldiers and families. He said the ceremony is both somber and celebratory and asked those gathered to take a brief moment of silence to remember the…
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