The Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Honor Guard precedes a marching procession from nearby RAF Mildenhall during a remembrance march Nov. 8, at Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds. Air Force personnel gathered with British forces and veterans for the ceremony in honor of Remembrance Sunday, or Poppy Day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Thomas Trower)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Lt. Col. Brent Vosseller, 48th Operations Support Squadron commander, participates in the British tradition of Remembrance Sunday at the war memorial cenotaph by laying down a poppy wreath in Brandon, England, Nov. 8. Remembrance Sunday is observed the Sunday before Veterans Day and is a way to honor those who died or were injured in war by wearing red poppies and laying poppy wreaths at memorial sites. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Connor Estes)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Col. Lawrence Reed, 48th Fighter Wing vice commander, salutes poppy wreaths at a remembrance ceremony Nov. 8, at Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds. Servicemembers from RAFs Lakenheath and Mildenhall participated in a military procession with British forces before the ceremony. The poppy flower is a traditional symbol of remembrance of World War I. It was in bloom across some of the worst battlefields in the war. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Thomas Trower)
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- The war memorial, or cenotaph, in Brandon, England, was one of many sites in the U.K. where local residents and military members from RAF Lakenheath observed Remembrance Sunday Nov. 8. Remembrance Sunday is observed the Sunday before Veterans Day and is a way to honor those who died or were injured in war by wearing red poppies and laying poppy wreaths at memorial sites. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Connor Estes)
Sqdn. Ldr Jerry Neild, RAF commander, and Lt. Col. Annata Sullivan, 48th Inpatient Squadron commander, salute after laying poppy wreaths on the Lakenheath War Memorial during a Remembrance Sunday memorial service Nov. 8. In the U.K., wearing red poppies and laying poppy wreaths at memorial sites is a way to honor those who lost their lives or were injured during war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Lyon)
Lt. Col. Sean Murphy, 48th Communications Squadron commander, lays down a poppy wreath at the Feltwell War Memorial, as Tech. Sgt Robert Hotzfeld, 18th Intelligence Squadron Detachment 4 Space systems analyst, serves as guidon bearer during a Remembrance Sunday memorial service Nov. 8. In the U.K., wearing red poppies and laying poppy wreaths at memorial sites is a way to honor those who lost their lives or were injured during war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Lyon)