Noel Luis Rios

REMEMBERING
I got an email recently called "Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin". It was one of those well-meaning but jingoistic emails that is spreading a slough of urban legends about the flag. In responding to the sender I sent her these sites that debunk the email's contents and another that had interesting facts about the flag:

http://www.ushistory.org/BETSY/more/folds.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/BETSY/flagetiq.html

I also ran across this page I had put together about five years ago about my cousin Noel Luis Rios who died in Viet Nam. Since Monday is Memorial Day, I thought it was worth a read.