Soldier seen placing flag at Tomb of Unknown Soldier during torrential rain

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Soldier seen placing flag at Tomb of Unknown Soldier during torrential rain

By Robert Gearty

Published May 25, 2019
Fox News

An “Old Guard” soldier who was photographed placing a small American flag at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a severe thunderstorm is drawing notice ahead of Memorial Day.

The storm hit Thursday in D.C. as members of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, better known as “The Old Guard,” were planting flags at each grave at the cemetery as they do each year at this time.

“During the storm, one of the most extraordinary displays of discipline and dedication to duty ever to be witnessed at Arlington National Cemetery was taking place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,” the Old Guard’s Facebook page said in a post.
A severe thunderstorm Thursday failed to stop a sentinel from placing a flag at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.



https://www.foxnews.com/us/soldier-flag-tomb-of-unknown-soldier-rain

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[sneakypete]

Do these people in awe of this know that the infantry operates in the open air in  blizzards,hurricanes,heat waves,and every other condition known to man?

Methinks the people who write this stuff have never spent a day in the infantry.