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Title: Veterans honored in Shiprock View count: 51 Rating: 5.0 (1 ratings) Description: four corners area residents recognized local veterans today--months after losing two soldiers from their community. erisa nakano attended a ceremony in shiprock today.... and is live in our farmington bureau tonight. erisa? military officials say there are currently thousands of veterans from the four corners area. today -- members of the navajo nation came together to honor them in their own way. drums and marching marked punctuated a ceremony recognizing proud members of two nations ...navajo and american. "i want to thank every one of the people that went into the military and sacrificed their limbs and their lives." "it brings pride and recognition to us all veterans even here or around the country or around the world." the new mexico minute thumbnail 06:15 pm national guard says several hundred veterans currently live on the navajo reservation. many of them attended the veterans day ceremony at dine college. "she's serving in iraq right now. it's her second time." kimberly kuhn represented her sister today. she said today's ceremony gave her the opportunity to come together with her community -- and sister's service. "i have a lot of respect for the veterans who showed up today, and they helped me realize how much respect i should have for my sister." the navajo nation recently mourned two losses from the war in afghanistan. troy tom was killed there in august. last month--they mourned the loss of shiprock-native sergeant fir class kenneth westbrook. about 200 active service men and women are from the four corners area. reporting live in farmington, erisa nakano, eyewitness news 4. Tags: nw, Author: kobtv4 |
