GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A monument to honor five fallen West Michigan Marines has been relocated to its permanent home near the cemetery at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
The Gilberts lost their son, Tommy, to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. His father, Michael, says the memorial is finally right where it should be.
“I can’t think of a more fitting place to have it than up here at the veterans home,” Gilbert said.
He says this memorial does more to capture the man Tommy was, beneath the uniform.
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