'We are fading away pretty fast as Korean veterans, but we're going to leave a mark about not being forgotten.'
"Paul Lewis is the ideal Grand Marshal," explains Noriel, adding, "he's served in some of the most brutal situations in Korea and came back home to become a civic leader."'Working for democracy': Nation's bravest trade Veteran's Day for counting ballots in South Bay
"When I came back on Memorial Day, I would go walk in the cemetery...I found three Petaluma High School boys that I knew really well that didn't come home and said, 'they are not going to be forgotten.' That's where I stepped in," Lewis reveals. Lewis's dedication to commemorating his high school friends' sacrifice resulted in a Korean War memorial being erected it the center of town."And like Douglas MacArthur said 'soldiers just fade away," Lewis declares, "Well, we are fading away pretty fast as Korean veterans, but we're going to leave a mark about not being forgotten."
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