Editor's note: The following was supplied by Daryl Rausch, Monroe fire chief, as a recollection of Memorial Day. By Daryl Rausch Monroe Thirty-five years ago today (May 24, 2014), I was at The Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Back then each branch of the service rotated annually in placing flags at the cemetery each year.
Remembering placing flags at Normandy Cemetery