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Bruckenthal Memorial Dedication

The U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, dedicated a staff barracks to a 1999 graduate of the training center who died fighting in Iraq in 2004.

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Patricia Bruckenthal, of Long Island, N.Y., stepmother of Nathan Bruckenthal, looks at the memorial stone dedicated to her stepson. The U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, dedicated a staff barracks to a 1999 graduate of the training center who died fighting in Iraq in 2004.

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Ric Bruckenthal (left) of Long Island, N.Y., father of Nathan Bruckenthal and his wife Patricia, help unveil the memorial honoring his son. Bruckenthal, who is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, graduated from Coast Guard boot camp in Cape May in 1999.

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Petty Officer 1st Cass Joseph Ruggiero was a shipmate of Nathan Bruckenthal when he was killed in Iraq in 2004. Ruggiero, then 23, of Boston, and Bruckenthal, 24, of Long Island, were friends who had trained together and were teaching Navy sailors about boarding techniques.

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Ric Bruckenthal (left) of Long Island, N.Y., father of Nathan Bruckenthal and his wife, Patricia, help unveil the memorial honoring his son. The family of the late Petty Officer Nathan Bruckenthal along with high ranking officials helped unveil a memorial stone in front of the barracks Tuesday.

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U.S. Coast Guard recruits stand during the ceremony. Bruckenthal Hall was named for Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal in a ceremony that drew his shipmates, family members and high-ranking Coast Guard brass including Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp

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The U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, dedicated a staff barracks to a 1999 graduate of the training center who died fighting in Iraq in 2004 in a suicide bomber attack.

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Ric Bruckenthal (left) of Long Island, N.Y., father of Nathan Bruckenthal and his wife, Patricia, unveil the memorial Tuesday.

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Ric Bruckenthal of Long Island, N.Y., father of Nathan Bruckenthal, speaks at the ceremony for his son.

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Members of the Bruckenthal family attend the ceremony Tuesday.

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Ric Bruckenthal (right) of Long Island, N.Y., and his wife, Patricia, brought a U.S. Coast Guard flag for those attending the ceremony to sign as a memento from the ceremony for his son.

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Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Robert Papp speaks during the dedication ceremony. “What purpose do these memorials serve?” Papp asked in a short speech. “Looking back to those who served helps looking forward to the obligation that lies ahead. We can be sure he will long be remembered. That’s the mortar that holds these memorials and our service together.”

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Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Robert Papp speaks during the dedication ceremony.

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Ric Bruckenthal (right) of Long Island, N.Y., father of Nathan Bruckenthal and his wife, Patricia, attend the ceremony honoring his son.

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Ric Bruckenthal of Long Island, N.Y., father of Nathan Bruckenthal, speaks at the ceremony for his son.

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Ric Bruckenthal of Long Island, N.Y., father of Nathan Bruckenthal, pauses for a moment while speaking at the ceremony for his son.

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The U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, dedicated a staff barracks to a 1999 graduate of the training center who died fighting in Iraq in 2004.

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