Around the Parks

Around the Parks

By Mike Bonts

On May 12, players, coaches and families of NOL (Navy-Ortega-Lakeshore) Little League stopped play and left the ball fields, stands and concessions to honor U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Dick Lee, who died in Afghanistan.

Tommy Brooke, president of NOL, asked players, coaches and families to be part of a NAS Jacksonville tribute along the base’s Yorktown Avenue.

“This was an opportunity to honor a fallen soldier and show a grieving family that they are not alone and that the men and women of NAS Jacksonville and our NOL family stand behind them,” Brooke said.

NAS Jacksonville received the remains Lee, 31, of Keystone Heights.  He died April 26 in Ghanzi province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Sembach, Germany.

“I was so proud of all of our NOL players and families. It was a privilege to take part in honoring a local hero,” said NOL parent Cathleen Murphy.

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