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IDVA CEREMONY AT ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS HONORS THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR
March 3, 2023
A veteran lays a rose in honor of the 18 service members from the state of Illinois who passed away while serving in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The ceremony took place Feb. 28 at the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield. February 28, 2023, marks the 32nd anniversary of the cease fire announcement of the Persian Gulf War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trenton Fouche, Joint Force Headquarters - Illinois National Guard)

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Illinois Army National Guard trucks line up prior to June's parade. 

The temperature was 23-degrees Fahrenheit, but it was a warm June Day in Auburn, Illinois, Dec. 17 as the Illinois National Guard joined hundreds of first responders and community groups from across the region to give 3-year-old June Peden-Stade a parade.  The Make A Wish Foundation reached out to the City of Auburn with June's wish this week and supporters flocked in from all over Central Illinois to make the parade a reality, including 10 trucks and about 20 Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard's 232nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion; Charlie Company of the 634th Brigade Support Battalion; Battery B of the 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery; and the 3637th Maintenance Company - all based in Springfield.

Illinois National Guard Helps Make 3-Year-Old June Peden-Stade's Wish for a Parade a Reality