OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Semiannual Memorial Reading to remember and honor the memories of veterans in Marion County who passed away during the six-month period from Oct. 2024 to April 2025, was held July 12, 2025, at the Ocala/Marion County Veterans Memorial Park.
Col. Robert Schlegel, Ret. U.S. Army, delivered the keynote address at the ceremony that honored the memories of veterans from the different armed services. The impact of what veterans’ experience in terms of trauma is far reaching.
“I feel that we veterans all feel some sense of guilt regarding our service, and I’ll explain,” said Schlegel. “Those of us who saw intense combat and saw their comrades killed and or maimed have survivors’ guilt. Those who served in a combat zone that were not actually in combat have a different but similar kind of guilt because they too probably saw the results of some of the combat and were horrified by what they saw including equipment damage by combat, individuals wounded or maimed by combat, buildings destroyed and similar horrific things.”…