Hundreds honor those killed during Memorial Day ceremony at Oklahoma's 45th Infantry Division Museum

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Hundreds honor those killed during Memorial Day ceremony at Oklahoma's 45th Infantry Division Museum

BY TIM WILLERT NewsOK.com
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
5/29/12 at 6:45 AM

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OKLAHOMA CITY - It has been eight months since Army Pfc. Tony Potter Jr. was killed in Afghanistan, and the pain his family feels has yet to subside.

"I have it hard every day," Tony Potter Sr. said Monday, tears running down his face. "If it wasn't for my grandchildren and my kids, I would have given up a long time ago."

For the Potter family and an estimated 700 in attendance at the 45th Infantry Division Museum Memorial Day Ceremony, it was a day to honor and remember those killed while serving in the military.

"It is vitally important that all Americans know that freedom is not free and never will be," said Col. Joel Ward, commander of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard. "Those we honor today paid the ultimate price for the freedom that we enjoy today."

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Original Print Headline: Fallen heroes honored at Guard ceremony

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Associated Images:

Wearing a shirt honoring his son, Tony Potter Sr. hugs his daughter, Christy, and another son, Dillon, after the Memorial Day ceremony on the grounds of the 45th Infantry Division Museum on Monday. Potter's son, Pfc. Tony Potter Jr., was killed in Afghanistan in September. JIM BECKEL / The Oklahoman