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Michael Nuding, son of Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Nuding, hugs Connie Robinson after presenting her the "Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Nuding Award" for her service as a volunteer for Gold Star Mission. Connie Robinson worked for the Illinois National Guard for decades and continued to serve after retirement for organizations like Gold Star Mission. Command Sgt. Michael A. Nuding served in the Illinois Army National Guard for 40 years retiring in 2012 and continued his service by volunteering for organizations like Gold Star Mission and several veterans organizations for more than a decade. He died in 2022 at the age of 70. Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams, the Assistant Adjutant General - Army of the Illinois National Guard and Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard was the keynote speaker at the Gold Star Mission scholarship banquet on Saturday, March 22, in Springfield, Illinois. The general spoke about his relationship with the families of those Soldiers in the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery who were killed in action during the 33d Infantry Brigade Combat Team's 2008-2009 deployment to Afghanistan. Williams commanded the battalion. Gold Star Mission has awarded more than $317,000 in scholarships, each in the name of a fallen Illinois service member. Gold Star Mission was started in 2017 by a group of Illinois National Guard members and retirees as a way of keeping the memory of fallen Illinois service members alive.
| Date Taken: | 03.22.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 04.10.2025 12:36 |
| Photo ID: | 8930753 |
| VIRIN: | 250322-A-OH563-6678 |
| Resolution: | 1653x1477 |
| Size: | 410.11 KB |
| Location: | SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, US |
| Web Views: | 5 |
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