Walking the Mat: Former Sentinel Looks Back on Guarding the Tomb
November 13, 2021
November 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news:
By Thomas Brading
Rain or shine, Tomb Guards stand vigil honoring American warfighters who died in conflict but were never identified.
One of those guards, Craig Smith, a Muskegon, Michigan, native served in the early 1970s, and decades later, he fondly remembers his days "walking at the mat," he said.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cem . . .
By Thomas Brading
Rain or shine, Tomb Guards stand vigil honoring American warfighters who died in conflict but were never identified.
One of those guards, Craig Smith, a Muskegon, Michigan, native served in the early 1970s, and decades later, he fondly remembers his days "walking at the mat," he said.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cem . . .