Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Melanie Gruenbaum, 52nd Mission Support Group executive officer, salutes as part of a ceremonial flight before a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, served as a ceremonial flight in service dress, caretakers of the cemetery's Luxembourg and U.S. flags, and escorts......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeffery Stewart, a Spangdahlem Air Base Ceremonial Guardsman, stands at parade rest before his detail presents the colors as part of a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, served as a ceremonial flight in service dress, caretakers of the cemetery's......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 18th Military Police Brigade, Grafenwoehr, Germany, stand at parade rest with the grave of U.S. Army Gen. George Patton, 3rd Army commander, in the foreground before a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. More......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
(From center left to right) Lucien Weiler, marshall of the Luxembourg Court, David McKean, U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, Lydie Polfer, mayor of Luxembourg city, and Simone Beissel, vice president of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies, walk to their seats as members of the official party during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28,......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
U.S. Air Force ceremonial guardsmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, carry the colors at the beginning of a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May in remembrance of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
David McKean, U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg, speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. The first official Memorial Day observance occurred at Arlington National Cemetery May 30, 1868, to honor and decorate the graves of those who died during the Civil War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
A rose is displayed on a folder belonging to Marilynn Rustand Lieurance, daughter of U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Hanford "Rusty" J. Rustand, a B-17 bomber pilot killed in World War II, during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. Rustand died when his B-17 came under enemy fire during a mission near Merseburg, Germany, and crashed......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joe McFadden | 52nd Fighter Wing | 05.28.2016
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May in remembrance of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and is said to have originated after the American Civil War. (U.S. Air Force......