Wisconsinites Honor Fallen Soldiers, Veterans From Middle East Wars

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By Glen Moberg

The Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville has wrapped up Operation Persian Gulf Welcome Home, a week-long tribute to those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The event honored those who gave their lives, and comforted those who still carry the scars of war.

Each night, veterans formed a line, saluted, and shouted “present” as the names were read of the Wisconsin servicemen and women who lost their lives in the region’s conflicts.

Charles Kaufman was killed by a roadside bomb at the age of 20 on June 26, 2005.

“He just had a great smile,”Ā recalled his mother, Celeste Kaufman.Ā “I’ve been told he was killed instantly, and I take comfort in that, because I never wanted him to suffer.


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