Memorial Day Concert - Kennedy Center
Air Force Assistant Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Hoog pins the Exceptional Service Medal on the coat of retired Col. Arnald Gabriel, after he conducted a special Memorial Day concert performance by the by Air Force Symphony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts May 24, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Gabriel served in the Army as a combat machine gunner and landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day with the 29th Infantry Division. He later became an Air Force officer and served with the U.S. Air Force Band. Gabriel retired as the band's commander in 1985. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)