WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran – ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – spoke on the Senate Floor to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice and to recognize Sergeant John Herrick, a young Kansan who died during World War II.“Sergeant Herrick, a young boy from a small town, is memorialized on the Normandy American Cemetery Wall of the Missing,” said Sen. Moran.
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“There are many heroes like Sergeant Herrick whose names are only remembered in the hearts of their descendants and etched into the stone at places like the Vietnam Memorial Wall and the white crosses of Arlington Cemetery.”
“How we memorialize and how we honor our veterans, when they have passed, sends a message to their families, our current and future servicemembers,” continued Sen. Moran. “It sends them a message that we value the past, present and future sacrifices made by those in military service.”