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Senior Airman Dustin Woodford, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, salutes his fathers grave site at Arlington National Cemetery.


Ceremonial Guardsman buries father, follows in footsteps

Senior Airman Dustin Woodford, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, salutes his fathers grave site at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Second Lieutenant John Pedevillano, speaks about his love for the country and reflects on service members sacrifices during a Purple Heart presentation ceremony in his honor at the Air Force Memorial, Jul. 14, 2017. Pedevillano, a B-17 bombardier pilot, received the award for wounds he incurred during a forced march as a World War II prisoner of war. While assigned to the 306th Bomb Group, he and his crew were shot down during a bombing mission in airspace over Nazi Germany on Apr. 24, 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lee Osberry)
Second Lieutenant John Pedevillano (center), poses with his family following a Purple Heart presentation ceremony in his honor at the Air Force Memorial, Jul. 14, 2017. Pedevillano, a B-17 bombardier pilot, received the award for wounds he incurred during a forced march as a World War II prisoner of war. While assigned to the 306th Bomb Group, he and his crew were shot down during a bombing mission in airspace over Nazi Germany on Apr. 24, 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lee Osberry)
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Maj. Gen. James A. Jacobson (standing at podium), Air Force District of Washington commander, delivers remarks at a Purple Heart award ceremony July 14, 2017 at the U.S. Air Force Memorial, Arlington, Va. The award was approved for World War II veteran Lt. Pedevillano (right) 72 years after he was liberated from a German prisoner of war camp by Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.’s 3rd U.S. Army. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Yanik)
Maj. Gen. James A. Jacobson (right), Air Force District of Washington commander, walks beside World War II veteran, Lt. John Pedevillano, at the beginning of a Purple Heart award presentation ceremony July 14, 2017 at the U.S. Air Force Memorial, Arlington, Va. According to his family, even while injured, Pedevillano saved the lives of his badly-wounded waist gunners by securing their parachutes, pushing them out the side windows and pulling their cords. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Yanik)
Maj. Gen. James A. Jacobson (second from right), Air Force District of Washington commander, pins a Purple Heart ribbon on World War II veteran, Lt. John Pedevillano, during an award presentation ceremony July 14, 2017 at the U.S. Air Force Memorial, Arlington, Va. Pedevillano, a B-17 bombardier pilot, and his crew assigned to the 306th Bomb Group of the “Mighty Eighth” Air Force were shot down during a bombing mission in airspace over Nazi Germany on April 24, 1944. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Yanik)