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Airport Veterans Lounge/Resource Center Re-named for Fallen TPD Officer Jared Shoemaker
ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASE: Published 11-13-2009
Mayor Kathy Taylor joined Tulsa Police Chief Ron Palmer and
representatives of the U.S. Marine Corps at Tulsa International
Airport where the airport's veteran's lounge and resource center
has been expanded and dedicated in the name of Jared Shoemaker: The
Jared Shoemaker Militay & Veterans Center.
Shoemaker was a Tulsa Police officer and a Marine Corps Reserve
member called to active duty in Iraq. In September of 2006
Shoemaker was killed in Iraq when a bomb detonated beneath his
vehicle.
"Corporal Shoemaker was a beloved brother, son, Tulsan and
Marine who gave his last full measure of devotion to this nation's
liberty with honor and valor as befitting the hero he was," said
Mayor Taylor. " It is an honor to dedicate the veterans resource
center, which has served as a haven for thousands of our service
members, veterans and family members, in his spirit and name."
"The ultimate sacrifice made by Cpl.Shoemaker for his country is
certainly indicative of the dedicated service he provided as well
to the citizens of Tulsa while an officer of the Tulsa Police
Department," said Chief Palmer. " It is a fitting
tribute to a fine young man that the Tulsa Airport's Veterans
Center be named in his honor."
The airport veteran's lounge was first opened in 2007, one of
the first veterans' iniatives launched by Mayor Taylor.
It was created to give military personnel and veterans a
place to relax, to use an Internet computer, and to access other
resources and helpful information.
