RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — The medals and flag draped over the grave of an Army National Guard soldier are back where they belong after being discovered in an unlikely place 400 miles away from the closest relative.
Fellow Army veteran Bart Noland hand-delivered the mementos from Russellville, Arkansas, to New Iberia, Louisiana.
“This is our area that we memorialize our fallen soldiers,” Noland said while gesturing to a shelf at Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post 20.
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