Hood, Nation Pay Tribute to Victims of Post Shooting Spree

By • on November 11, 2009

Hood, Nation Pay Tribute to Victims of Post Shooting Spree

By Andrew Evans
American Forces Press Service
FORT HOOD, Texas, Nov. 11, 2009 – The mournful and all too familiar scene of a bugler playing Taps occurred again here Tuesday as the Fort Hood community paid its respects to fallen warriors struck down last week allegedly at the hands of a lone gunman, who also happened to wear an Army uniform.

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Army Lt. Gen. Robert M. Cone, commanding general, III Corps and Fort Hood, addresses the audience during a Nov. 10, 2009, memorial ceremony honoring the fallen heroes who were killed at the Army processing station on Nov. 5, at Ft. Hood, Texas. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen