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Gun accents Veterans Day event

 
By Bryan Dean | Published: November 11, 2006   

Mike Gonzales warned everyone to plug their ears. “The report from this gun is loud and thunderous,” said Gonzales, curator of the 45th Infantry Division Museum.

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Gonzales served as master of ceremonies Friday at the museum’s Veterans Day ceremony. Some heeded his words as historic reenactors fired a World War II-era 37 mm anti-tank gun to begin the ceremony. Many jumped when the gun went off.

Minutes later, Brig. Gen. Gary Bray, deputy commander of the Oklahoma Army National Guard and keynote speaker at the ceremony, put the thunder of the gun in perspective.

“Some would call that noise,” Bray said. “I would call it the sound of freedom.”

More than 100 veterans, family members and supporters gathered Friday morning at the museum for the ceremony, which featured 14 color guards ranging from the Governor’s Honor Guard to high school junior ROTC color guards.

Two Army National Guard Black hawk helicopters flew over the cer- emony before Bray took the podium.

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