‘Nobody can put a price on the sacrifice;’ Military veterans honored at Memorial Day event

CENTERVILLE — Many people across the Miami Valley spent today honoring the sacrifice fallen military personnel made this Memorial Day.

As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson spoke with a local VFW Commander about his time in the Air Force and what today means to him.

Commander Fred “Rico” Rojas spent 26 years in the Air Force before retiring.

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“Take a moment, remind the sacrifices that our military has done, especially those that didn’t come home,” Rojas said.

He is now the Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 9550 Post in Centerville.

“I spent five different occasions away from my family,” Rojas said.

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Rojas is grateful every time he comes home to his family, and today, he recognizes his brothers and sisters who never returned.

Dozens of people went to the Dayton National Cemetery to do the same exact thing.

“Nobody can put a price on the sacrifice that our military members made in different areas of the world to not come back. And some of them we still don’t know where they’re at,” Rojas said.

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Commander Rojas soaked it all in today. This is his last year at a Memorial Day Ceremony as Commander of his VFW post.

“I get to have the chance to have somebody else lead our great organization so but it’s a little sentimental for me because I’ve been a part of this since we moved here back in 2011,” Rojas said.

However, he said he would still come out to ceremonies honoring his fellow veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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