I must have stared at that wall for 20 minutes reading the names thinking of how they must have felt before the Arizona blew up. I'm just sorry we have such fewer men of that caliber today.
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The competition for a post for the Tomb is very intense. The honor of serving is such that if a former Tomb guard is ever found to have committed an egregious act later in life the honor is stripped and their name removed from the rolls of former guards. It's a life time commitment.