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US Army Garrison Japan hosted a

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Memorial Day ceremony and a hero's

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boots display at Camp Sama's Kizuna

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Hall to honor the men and women who

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made the ultimate sacrifice while

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serving their country . US Army Japan

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leadership , along with representatives

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from the local Veterans of Foreign Wars

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chapter and scouts troop , attended the

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event and laid a wreath as a gesture of

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remembrance and respect for all fallen

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service members . Having the community

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come together like this , it's really

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amazing how they all did that . To me ,

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it's a way to not forget my friends .

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It's a good time to remember them and

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never to forget them . The

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installations . The Army Community

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Service team worked together with the

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community and displayed dozens of

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combat boots on stage and then moved

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them outdoors . The boots were donated

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from the community and were displayed

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with the photos of fallen heroes . I

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think it's really important because

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when I first started this wasn't as

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common and then it became very , very

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common as we all deployed and we all

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did combat deployments . We all knew

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people . A lot of these boots are guys

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I know , but the next generation

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doesn't have a pair of boots and so

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there's this connective tissue by doing

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these ceremonies to remind people that .

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There will be a time when they'll know

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the boots too . For Y I Y in Japan

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public affairs . I'm Aya .