Dignitaries and Gold Star Families throw the first shovel of dirt during the memorial groundbreaking ceremony at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center's Mississippi Armed Forces Museum Jan. 11, 2017. Pictured left to right: Jenny Smith and her husband, Eddie; Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and his wife, Deborah; Maj. Gen. Janson Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi; Hoss Ladner, representative from Congressman Steven Palazzo's office; and Col. Greg Michel, Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center commander.

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