Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter, president and CEO of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum was among speakers Friday at Veterans day event
at Nationwide Arena, Walsh said that his father, who was a U.S. Air Force flight instructor, was killed in a plane crash in Okinawa, Japan in 1949. Walsh was only two years old."He probably would've told me to get a haircut," Walsh added, referring to his long blonde hair."Probably would've told me to keep up with my oboe lessons. I switched to guitar because it occurred to me you're not going to get any girls playing the oboe.
Walsh said his father's service in the military prompted him to create VetsAid, a nonprofit and benefit music festival that raises funds to veterans groups across the country. “What a blessing it has been for me and my family to pull this off in the city that nurtured my young mind and introduced me to rock and roll."Keynote speaker and Army veteran David Kim then talked about his organization the
Kim said the nonprofit was inspired by Army Sergeant William Delaney Gibbs, who left behind his wife and unborn daughter when he was killed during the United States Invasion of Panama in 1989.
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