Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostMarvin Smith and his wife Darla visit the headstone of his father Marvin Smith Sr at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. The older Smith was a corporal in the army during the Korean War. He died in 1997 at the age of 68.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostThe headstone of Marvin Smith Sr is surrounded by flowers and an American flag placed by his son Marvin Smith Jr at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Smith was a corporal in the army during the Korean War. He died in 1997 at the age of 68.- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostLennox Guerra, 12, holding his little brother Bentley Itliong, 6 months, sit by the headstones of their great grandparents at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. The two, who were with their mother Ashley Guerra, were visiting their great grandfather who was a WWII veteran that died at the age of 86 in 2013.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostAl Jennings, an Iwo Jima survivor, looks for the head stone of a friend while visiting Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Jennings was born in 1926 and just celebrated his 96th birthday in April. He is one of only a handful of Iwo Jima survivors from WWII that are still alive. He and his son Randy visited people Al knew and that are buried in the cemetery.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostMarvin Smith, holds a poppy pin while visiting the headstone of his father Marvin Smith Sr at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. The older Smith was a corporal in the army during the Korean War. He died in 1997 at the age of 68. Poppies are often worn on Memorial Day to honor the men and women who have died fighting for our country.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostPhyllis King, left, and her sister Joyce Howlin, right, visit the headstone of Phyllis' husband Ralph King at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. King, who died in 2013 at the age of 83, was a veteran of the Korean War.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostStacey Dobbins visits the headstone of her son Cody Dobbins, a Marine Corps rifleman, at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Dobbins did one tour in Afghanistan and was injured while there. He was honorably discharged because of his injury. Cody died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 23. In his honor his parents have started a scholarship fund to help seniors graduating high school to further their careers called the Cody Dobbins Memorial Scholarship fund.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA photo of Marine Cody Dobbins is placed at his headstone surrounded by flowers brought by his parents Stacey and Quinton Dobbins at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Dobbins, a Marine Corps rifleman, did one tour in Afghanistan and was injured while there. He was honorably discharged because of his injury. Cody died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 23. In his honor his parents have started a scholarship fund to help seniors graduating high school to further their careers called the Cody Dobbins Memorial Scholarship fund.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostRandy Jennings holds up a photo of his father Al Jennings, right, one of the last remaining Iwo Jima survivors from WWII while visiting Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Jennings was born in 1926 and just celebrated his 96th birthday in April. He is one of only a handful of Iwo Jima survivors that are still alive. He and his son Randy visited people Al knew and that are buried in the cemetery.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostDomenic Di Carlantonio visits the headstone of his close friend Ed Tipper at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Edward Tipper was one of the last remaining and original soldiers depicted in the "Band of Brothers", before he died at 95 in 2017 in Lakewood. PFC Edward Tipper parachuted into Normandy on June 6, 1944 with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Tipper received a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for his service during World War II and D-Day. In 2011, the French government bestowed on him the French Legion of Honor medal, the country's highest honor.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostMoni Henderson and her husband Mark prepare flowers to put on the headstone of Moni's grandparents at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Moni's grandfather Mann Durbin was a WWII veteran. Mann and his wife Peggy, Moni's grandmother, are buried together. He died in 1993.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostWith unpredictable weather people visit relatives while holding umbrellas at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostKaren Sennett visits the headstone of family member and army veteran David Remley at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA photo of Marine Cody Dobbins is placed at his headstone surrounded by flowers brought by his parents Stacey and Quinton Dobbins at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. Dobbins, a Marine Corps rifleman, did one tour in Afghanistan and was injured while there. He was honorably discharged because of his injury. Cody died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 23. In his honor his parents have started a scholarship fund to help seniors graduating high school to further their careers called the Cody Dobbins Memorial Scholarship fund.
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Marvin Smith and his wife Darla visit the headstone of his father Marvin Smith Sr at Fort Logan National Cemetery on May 29, 2022 in Denver. The older Smith was a corporal in the army during the Korean War. He died in 1997 at the age of 68.
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Getting your player ready...
Photos from Memorial Day weekend at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver.
