Benjamin Crane | A Kentucky National Guard Gold Star family member uses a blue color to create a...... read more read more Photo By Staff Sgt. Benjamin Crane | A Kentucky National Guard Gold Star family member uses a blue color to create a rubbing from the Fallen Soldier Memorial that rests outside Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Kentucky, May 31, 2021. “Today we are marking the addition of a son of Webster County added to the Kentucky National Guard memorial,” said Beshear. The unit was redesignated May 13, 1946, as the 441st Field Artillery Battalion, Kentucky National Guard with Headquarters at Lexington, Ky. On Jan. 29, 1947, it was reorganized and redesignated as the 623rd Field Artillery Battalion with Headquarters at Glasgow, Kentucky.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 31, 2021 19:51 UTC