Ceremony honors heroes, memorial
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Jeff Kopec, a 2011 graduate of North Port High School, traces the name of his father’s friend Dennis Bergenstein, who died in Vietnam, on the replica erected at Pioneer Park in Englewood Saturday.
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Englewood resident Elizabeth Spisak takes a photo of one of the memorial plaques on display for the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall Saturday morning, prior to a special ceremony at Pioneer Park in Englewood.
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Greg Rineer, a retired U.S. Marine, provided opening remarks during a memorial ceremony for the Vietnam Traveling Wall Saturday at Pioneer Park in Englewood.
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A mission from the Vietnam War was re-enacted by the Suncoast Vietnam Veterans, called “The Last Patrol.”
ENGLEWOOD — A squad of soldiers emerged from where they had been taking cover into an open field with the man on point carefully surveying the landscape. They moved forward without making a sound, knowing they were exposed, weapons at the ready.
Satisfied they were safe — for the moment, at least — the men huddled briefly and worked out their next move.
