Memorial Day Tribute

SLP2001052703 - 27 MAY 2001 - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA: Boy Scouts holding the colors parade past the grave of Vietnam pilot Michael Blassie at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery prior to the placement by four thousand Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, of 110 thousand American Flags on all of the graves in the cemetery, in south St. Louis County, May 27, 2001. Scouts from the area have been placing flags on all of ther graves for 51 years. Blassie's remains, originally buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns, were identified by the use of DNA and moved to St. Louis in 1998. rlw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI