Flags for the fallen

Airman Basic Charlie Evans, 335th Training Squadron student, places a U.S. flag in front of a tomb stone at Biloxi National Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day, May 27, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss. Local veterans, family members and Keesler AFB personnel participated in the event to honor and remember the lives of fallen heroes of the U.S. military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Whitman)

Flags for the fallen

Airman 1st Class Kymyenna Mitchell, 335th Training Squadron student, places a U.S. flag in front of a tomb stone at Biloxi National Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day, May 27, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss. Local veterans, family members and Keesler AFB personnel participated in the event to honor and remember the lives of fallen heroes of the U.S. military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Whitman)

Flags for the fallen

U.S. flags stand in front of tomb stones at Biloxi National Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day, May 27, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss. Local veterans, family members and Keesler AFB personnel participated in the event to honor and remember the lives of fallen heroes of the U.S. military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Whitman)

Flags for the fallen

Keesler Airmen place U.S. flags on grave sites at Biloxi National Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day, May 27, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss. Local veterans, family members and Keesler AFB personnel participated in the event to honor and remember the lives of fallen heroes of the U.S. military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Whitman)

Flags for the fallen

Keesler Airmen stand hand-in-hand at Biloxi National Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day, May 27, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss. Local veterans, family members and Keesler AFB personnel placed U.S. flags to honor and remember the lives of fallen heroes of the U.S. military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Whitman)

Flags for the fallen

Local veterans, family members and Keesler Air Force Base personnel place U.S. flags on grave sites at Biloxi National Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day, May 27, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss. The flags were posted to honor and remember the lives of fallen heroes of the U.S. military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Whitman)

Flags for the fallen

Published June 1, 2017
By Andrew Whitman
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --