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Memorial Day especially meaningful for some

Louise Brechter views late husband Ralph’s certificate of Army Commendation medal at her Hall County home.

0526MEMORIALbrechter4 — Louise Brechter views late husband Ralph’s certificate of Army Commendation medal at her Hall County home.

Showing respect for America’s fallen military on Memorial Day is one thing. And then there’s truly remembering, never shaking off the memories, as Kathryn R. Goudelock of Gainesville does. The memories of her husband Forrest’s April 1968 death in the Vietnam War are as fresh as if they happened yesterday.