OIC,s had it tough presenting flag to next of kin.
Didnt envy them that at all.
3 spent shells in the flag aint in the ceremony regs.
But it was something I did on my detail.
3 volleys 3 shells.
3 is the number of completion from what I always was told also.
My MIL had a very nice honor guard presentation due to her wartime service as a USN WAVE. She was very proud of her service (her mother was a USN Yeoman in WW-I) and the honor guard did a fine job. The family was truly appreciative.
Last time I was a pallbearer was for my Uncle Silas. The service as in Williamsburg KY but the burial over with the rest of the family in Pineville KY. On the way over there even children playing front yards stopped and took their hats off and stood up in honor. The cemetery in Pineville (by the hospital for those that know it) is a steep angle like much of that country. Silas had a stunning coffin of Pecan that wasn't light. I was wearing dress shoes and wish I'd had boots on the rain slick ground. If we'd dropped him it would have rolled 500 yards to the bottom of the hill.
He might have found that funny. Hard to say with Silas!
