Carl E. Ledbetter Sr., the featured speaker Monday for the Bulloch County Memorial Day service, survived the Korean War in an Army intelligence unit and still will not, or under oath cannot, talk about exactly what he did.But many of the young men with whom he went through boot camp were killed in action, as were a few he met while attached to various units in Korea. Ledbetter thinks of them and others like them each Memorial Day.“Oh yes, oh yes, I sure do,” said Ledbetter, a retired Baptist minister, hospice chaplain and mental health professional, now 81.Preparing his remarks a few days ago, he was considering a focus on the Korean War and the sacrifices it involved, but still researching the details and unsure of the final shape his speech will take.“But it will be about those who lost their lives,” he said.It is in honor of America’s military service personnel who died in all wars, and of Bulloch County’s war dead in particular, that Monday’s service is held. Hosted as it has been for years by American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90, the program will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Emma Kelly Theater at the Averitt Center for the Arts.Dr. Michael Braz will play musical selections to open the observance.
Remembering the fallen is Statesboro, Bulloch County
Local Korean War veteran, retired minister to speak at Memorial Day observance