Etched in stone

PHOTO BY RICK WOOD STANWOOD/CAMANO NEWS Garrett Price, a student at Port Susan Middle School, places a flag in front of a veteran's tombstone at Anderson Cemetery in Stanwood on Friday. Mrs. Campbell's seventh and eighth-grade leadership classes helped set up the flags, supplied by Stanwood American Legion Post 92, in advance of Memorial Day services. Flags were placed on the graves of 385 military veterans, who are buried at the cemetery. Retired Naval Commander John Buckley spoke about the sacrifices of many at the American Legion's Memorial Day observance held at Anderson Cemetery on Monday. Buckley, a jet pilot, flew combat missions in the skies over North and South Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. This summer, Buckley plans to step down as Post Adjutant at the Legion but said he will continue to support the organization any way he can.