“That’s what I’ve got out of it personally. Ocean Shores Resort 3. It does something to my heart,” Nation said. I go to Casinos all the time, this is by. “For me, I love seeing our community - brothers and sisters with whom we served. “It’s gratifying,” said Sam Nation, the post commander of VFW Post 8956 in an interview, expressing his desire that the memorial serve as a unifying influence on the divisive politics of the day. The drive from the company’s headquarters in East Texas was about 2,300 miles, Gilliland said, driving through the Texas panhandle, up to Wyoming, west through Idaho, and out to Ocean Shores. “Buddy of mine I served with in the Army called me up and said ‘you want a job?’” Gilliland said. Gilliland said he came to the all-veteran company, American Veterans Traveling Tribute, a few years ago after serving decades as a tank crewman. “It’s a certain group of people that you meet.”
I love traveling the country, Gilliland said. The Texas-based company has several walls that they take all over the country, said Jim Gilliland, the event coordinator and an Army veteran. The work took two years of fundraising to lock down the exhibit’s visit, Harris said.
