Section 60 Arlington

It s a piece of arlington cemetery roughly 14 acres out of 624.
Section 60 arlington. For families and friends it is a place to grieve to honor to remember and to find comfort and community with others who have shared the same profound loss. Randy anderson touches the gravestone of his brother andy anderson at arlington national. The tragic death from shrapnel wounds of 21 year old lance corporal robert t.
For service members killed in action in operation enduring freedom and operation iraqi freedom and interred in section 60 arlington national cemetery has been conducting a program to address families desires to leave mementos at their loved one s gravesite and to ensure the safeguarding of historically significant items. Section 60 is one of approximately 70 sections inside the 624 fenced acres of arlington where more than 320 000 heros are honored. Section 60 is a small part of a much larger story.
It s most notable as the place where a lot of the people killed in iraq and. The dead in section 60 served because they loved their country. An american flag blows across the back of a tombstone in section 60 of arlington national cemetery july 22 2015.
Arlington national cemetery is the third of a trilogy of collaborations between the filmmakers and hbo that capture the costs of the current wars. Arlington national cemetery watch the hbo original documentary hbo rare intimate glimpses of the loss love and pride felt by section 60 visitors. Section 60 is the final resting place for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in.
If only trump understood what that means. Arlington national cemetary provides rare intimate glimpses of the loss love and pride felt by section 60 visitors underscoring the human toll exacted by the military conflicts in iraq and afghanistan while honoring those who sacrificed their lives for their country. Section 60 in arlington national cemetery is the final resting place for young men and women who died fighting in iraq and afghanistan.