Veterans Day program at Jackson High School

Honor guard members Joe Don Randol, front left, and Dennis Koeberl, far right, hold the American flag as "Ragged Old Flag" is read by, back row from left, Caleb Anderson, Dean Wendel, Wayne Walley, Penny Kurre and Lawson Burgfeld during an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Army veteran Dan Huffman is welcomed with waving flags upon entering a social event in the Jackson High School cafeteria after an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Vietnam veteran Tom Schildt, left, shakes hands with Jackson High School senior Caleb Anderson, right, during a social event in the school cafeteria after an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Army veteran Jim Roche walks through a tunnel of flag-waving Jackson students after an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson senior Joshua Miller, left, straightens a cap worn by his grandfather Arlin Miller after an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. Arlin Miller is a retired Navy senior chief machinist mate who served from 1963 to 1986. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Honor guard members Joe Don Randol, left, and Dennis Koeberl salute the flag during the playing of taps at an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Honor guard members Joe Don Randol, center left, and Dennis Koeberl, center right, unfold an American flag as military members, above from left, Caleb Anderson, Dean Wendel, Lawson Burgfeld, Penny Kurre and Wayne Walley take the stage to read "Ragged Old Flag" during an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Members of the Jackson High School choir sing during an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Veterans, from left, Wayne Walley, Dean Wendel and Lawson Burgfeld stand during an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson R-2 school superintendent John Link delivers final remarks at an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Army veterans Dan Huffman, front left, and Loomis "Jock" Brown of Whitewater, far right, wave their fists to the beat of "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" while sitting with retired Marine Bob Tucker, center, at an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. Brown, a World War II veteran, served in active duty from 1943 to 1947, Huffman served in active duty from 1973 to 1976. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Members of the Jackson High School choir hold flags during an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

U.S. Marine Corps. veteran Mike Chalmers stands as Jackson students, from far right, Ava Watkins, Trinity Carlson and Emily Newman sing "The Marines' Hymn" with the Jackson High School choir during an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Jackson. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson High School senior and VFW Voice of Democracy winner Fulgencio Martinez speaks during an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Military mottos hang above the bleachers in the Jackson High School gymnasium Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, during an assembly to honor veterans. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jackson choir director Beth St. John, center right, and band director Tom Broussard, far right, conduct at an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Honor guard members David Hitt, left, and Dennis Koeberl roll an American Legion flag after retiring the colors at an assembly to honor veterans Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Navy senior machinist mate Arlin Miller, far left, stands with his grandchildren, from left, Abby, Dwight and Joshua Miller on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Jackson High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)