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- [Man] And it was there--

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- [James] The Explosive
Ordinance Disposal community

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came together for their
annual memorial service

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May 4th at the Kauffman
EOD Training Complex

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on Eglin Air Force Base Florida.

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This year marks their 50th anniversary,

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where three names were added to the wall,

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bringing the total to now 341.

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- Always remember the
significance of this memorial.

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It's much more than
names etched on a wall.

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It's where the lines of
history and heroism intersect.

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- [James] For some,

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today is about remembering someone close.

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- I personally knew James Slape.

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He was just a happy-go-lucky guy

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and it's sad to lose somebody like that,

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but it's a good way to remember him

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and a lot of us are happy to be here.

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- [James] For others,
it's about not forgetting.

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- It's always important to remember

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anyone who has given
the ultimate sacrifice

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and ensure that we will
always speak their name

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and remember them.

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- Well, it's everything to remember

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our fallen EOD community,
it's a sacred duty of ours.

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- [James] For keynote
speaker General Goldfein,

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today is about coming together
as a joint DOD community.

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- Because we're all part of
a joint warfighting team,

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we train together, we fight together,

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we bleed together, and we mourn together.

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("Taps" by Daniel Butterfield)

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- We are fiercely proud
today of these EOD warriors

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and the names enshrined here today

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will be forever etched on
our hearts and on our minds.

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They will not be forgotten.

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- [James] For the Air Force Installation

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and Mission Support
Center, I'm James Truitt.