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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Arlington, Virginia-AP -- They may have had permission to abandon their posts guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery due to the hurricane -- but they said it would never happen.
Standing vigil on the overnight, Sergeant Christopher Holmes said of the firt-time-in-history directive, "that's never an option."
A sentry has been posted at the tomb continuously since 1930, and the soldiers assigned to guard duty consider it the greatest honor.
But with the fierce storm bearing down Thursday, cemetery officials decided to let the guards move indoors if they felt they were in danger.
Holmes says he's willing to risk his life keeping watch over the tomb, which he says represents "everyone who's fought and died for our country."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>MY OPINION: Now there's some boys who deserve a bottle of "The High Life."
Standing vigil on the overnight, Sergeant Christopher Holmes said of the firt-time-in-history directive, "that's never an option."
A sentry has been posted at the tomb continuously since 1930, and the soldiers assigned to guard duty consider it the greatest honor.
But with the fierce storm bearing down Thursday, cemetery officials decided to let the guards move indoors if they felt they were in danger.
Holmes says he's willing to risk his life keeping watch over the tomb, which he says represents "everyone who's fought and died for our country."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>MY OPINION: Now there's some boys who deserve a bottle of "The High Life."
