GARDINER, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2016) Mrs. Joan Shields-Bennett, widow of Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin Glenn Shields, lowers her head in prayer during the benediction delivered by a Navy chaplain during a Veterans Day ceremony hosted by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest at Gardiner Cemetery. The ceremony paid tribute to the only Seabee Medal of Honor recipient and Vietnam veteran, Shields, who was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military award for his actions taken and giving his life to save comrades while under enemy attack.

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