THERE,
THERE, AS
THERE, AS WELL. THE ITEMS WERE SHIPPED TO LOREDO
FROM CHINA AND ON THEIR WAY TO
NEW MEXICO.
NEW MEXICO.
>>>
>>> AS
>>> AS WE
>>> AS WE APPROACH MEMORIAL DAY WE WANT TO REINTRODUCE YOU TO A
COLLIN COUNTY ARTIST, PAINTS
PORTRAITS OF OUR HEROS AND HE
ADDS ONE MORE THAT HITS HOME FOR
US.
US.
US. HERE'S KEVIN REESE.
>> Reporter: A STATUE OF WIL+@LM
BARRETTE STANDS GUARDED IN THE
COLLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, IN
FRONT OF DOZENS OF PORTRAITS OF
SOLDIERS, THOSE LOST IN
PORTRAITS, NAMES REBORN HERE ON
A COMPUTER IN COLLIN, McKINNEY.
HE FILLS IN MISSING PIXELS, ADDS
INTRICATE DETAILS.
INTRICATE DETAILS. AND THEN THE COMPLETE UNIFORM
THEY WOULD HAVE WORN.
>> THE PATCHES, B+@ADGES, THE
CORDS.
CORDS.
CORDS. >>
CORDS. >> Reporter: UNTIL AN OLD PHOTO
BECOMES A PORTRAIT THAT FULLY
+@
+@
+@ HONORS
+@ HONORS THE LIFE AND THE
SACRIFICE MADE.
SACRIFICE MADE. +@>> WHAT I WANT TO DO IS AS MAY
AS HUMANLY POSSIB+@LE.
>> Reporter: H A TRACK THAT
AS HUMANLY POSSIB+@LE. >> Reporter: H A TRACK THAT+@
LOSS TO THE LOSS OF A CHILDHOOD
FRIEND+@, FRANKLI D. LACY, AMONG
THOUSANDS OF MRNSKLE+@ N
VIETNAM.
VIETNAM.
>>
>> THE
>> THE IDEA OF PEOPLE NOT REMEMBERING HI HAS ALWAYS
BOTHERED ME, AND SO MY GOAL IS
TO +@PRESERVE AS MANY OF THEM A
BOTHERED ME, AND SO MY GOAL IS TO +@PRESERVE AS MANY OF THEM AI
CAN.
CAN.
>>
>> Reporte:5 OF HIS PORTRAITS HANG IN THE COLLIN COUNTY
COURTHOE
COURTHOE
COURTHOE NEXT MH HE WILL ADD FIVE
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. THE
MORE. THE ONES WAITING RIGHT NOW IN
HIS UPSTAIRS ROOM BUT THERE ARE
MORE THAN 400 MILITARY
FATALITIES FROM THIS COUNTY
ALONE.
ALONE.
ALONE. AT
ALONE. AT HIS COMPUTER, KIMBALL WILL
KEEP PAINTING.
KEEP PAINTING.
>>
>> THERE'S SA+@YING THAT CAPTURS MY MOTIVATION, A SOLDIER IS
NEVER DEAD UNTIL H' F+@ORGOTTN
MY MOTIVATION, A SOLDIER IS NEVER DEAD UNTIL H' F+@ORGOTTN+@
AND IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE
THESE SOLDIERS OLIVEAL OF
US.
US.
>>
>> Reporte:TNG, HEADS HIS SIGNATURE TO THE LIFE A+@ND
SACRIFICE OF YET ONE MORE.
IN McKINNEY, KEVIN REESE,
CHANNEL 8 NEWS.
>>
>> SUC+@H
>> SUC+@H A GREAT PROJECT. +@
>> SUC+@H A GREAT PROJECT. >> VERY NICE.
>> I'M A MILITARY BRAT SO
ANYBODY THAT SERVE+@S IN THE
MILITARY THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL
WITH THE WORK THAT'S DONE, I
THINK.
THINK.
THINK. >>
THINK. >> AND DALE, YOU MET COLLIN
KIMBALL, PART OF OUR TAKING A
KNEE SESSION.
KNEE SESSION. YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT YOUR FRIEND,
CAROL MEYER.
CAROL MEYER. >> 49 YEARS AGO.
>> COLLIN KIMBALL WAS HERE
TONIGHT AND HE HAS SOMETHING
THAT HE MADE FOR YOU.
HERE'S HERE TONIGHT AND WANTS TO
PRESENT TH+@AT TO YOU.
+@
+@
+@ >>
+@ >> HOW
+@ >> HOW ARE YOU?
>>
>> GOOD,
>> GOOD, SIR.
>>
>> THANK
>> THANK YOU.
[
[ SOBBING
[ SOBBING ]
>>
>> I
>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU -- >> THAT'S ALL +@RIGHT.
+@
>> THAT'S ALL +@RIGHT. EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERY TIME I GO
TO A BANQUET, MY+@ WIFE ASKS
YOU'RE NEVER G+@OING TO TALK ABT
CAROL MEYER, ARE YOU?
IT HAS BEEN 49 YEARS SINCE HE
WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM AND I'M
BOUND TO GET OVER IT SOME DAY,
+@
+@
+@ BUT
+@ BUT I'M N+@OT OVER IT YET.
>>
>> NO.
>>
>> BUT
>> BUT WON'T +@THIS BE FUN TO DO SPORTS IN A LITTLE BIT?
THAT'S -- THIS IS THE GREATEST
THIRD BASEMAN THAT EVER PLAYED
THE GAME, PETE.
SLOWEST MAN WHO EVER WALKED THE
PLANET EARTH.
PLANET EARTH. CAME TO MY HOUSE.
I WAS HEADED OFF TO THE NAVY AND
CAME TO MY HOUSE. I WAS HEADED OFF TO THE NAVY AN@
HE WAS HEADED OFF TO THE ARMY
AND HE SAID THIS IS THE LAST
TIME WE'LL EVER SEE ONE ANOTHER
AND+@ I SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKI@
ABOUT?
ABOUT?
ABOUT? HE
ABOUT? HE SAID IF I CAN'T OUT RUN A
BASE HIT T+@O RIGHT FIELD, HOW N
I POSSIBLY SURVIVE IN VIETNAM.
HE WAS IN THE COUNTRY FOR SIX
WEEKS AND SOM+@EONE SHOT HIM RIT
BETWEEN THE EYES AND CAROL MEYER
WILL BE 18 YEARS OLD FOREVER.
AND I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN+@ THT
YO+@UNG MAN.
YO+@UNG MAN. >> IT WILL BE 50 +@YEARS THAT HE
DIED MEMORIAL DAY, BY THE WAY.
50 YEARS AGO ON MEMORIAL DAY
THIS MONDAY.
THIS MONDAY.
>>
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
>>
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
>>
>> THANK
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>
>> THANK
>> THANK YOU.
>>
>> THAT,
>> THAT, I DID NOT EXPECT.
>>
>> WE
>> WE SHOULD REMIND YOU A LOT OF PEOPLE -- AND DA+@LE, YOU KNOW
THIS -- MAKE THE MISTAKE OF
THINKING +@MEMORIAL DAY IS
VETERANS DAY.
VETERANS DAY. IT IS NOT.
IT IS A DAY THAT WE RECOGNIZE
THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT COME
HOME, SO WE COULD DO -- WE CAN
DO WHAT WE DO.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. COLLIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>