BILOXI -- Claudia Baldwin wants to see the bust of her husband -- Builder Chief Joel Baldwin -- put on permanent display at the Seabee base or at the Naval Construction Training Center. Right now the bust is at Negroto's Gallery in Biloxi, where it was unveiled on Monday.
Operation Never Forget Honors Local Hero
Sun Herald/Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011
Baldwin, a builder chief at Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 (MCB-7), died in Iraq during 2004.
Operation Never Forget, according to the Sun Herald, is a nonprofit charity that memorializes fallen service members with bronze bust statues. About 24 busts have been created since 2007, and more are in progress. Each statue costs about $6,000, and are paid for through community fundraisers, the media quoted Operation officials.
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