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    Illinois National Guard Joins American Gold Star Families in Holiday Tree Lighting in Bloomington [Image 29 of 39]

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    Illinois National Guard Joins American Gold Star Families in Holiday Tree Lighting in Bloomington

    BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AIRPORT, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES

    11.17.2025

    Photo by Lt. Col. Bradford Leighton 

    Joint Force Headquarters - Illinois National Guard Public Affairs

    Darin Funk, the incoming executive director of American Gold Star Families, Inc., affixes an ornament on the tree during the American Gold Star Families’ Fallen Heroes Tree of Honor Tree Lighting Ceremony on Monday, Nov. 17, at Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington, Ill. The ornament bears the name of Funk's cousin, U.S. Marine Cpl. Benjamin Desilets, who was killed in action on May 22, 2007 while serving in Zanti, Iraq.

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    Date Taken: 11.17.2025
    Date Posted: 11.26.2025 18:34
    Photo ID: 9411873
    VIRIN: 251117-A-OH563-2966
    Resolution: 5149x3082
    Size: 4.33 MB
    Location: BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AIRPORT, ILLINOIS, US

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