Service and Sacrifice Themes of Veteran's Day Ceremony in Athens, Ga.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Michael Steele was the featured speaker.
When Michael Steele was a walk-on football player at Georgia, Coach Vince Dooley named an award in his honor after Steele, a native of Statham. Through five football seasons and spring practices, Steele never missed a practice. The award is called--what else? The Steele Man Award, and he is the only person to have ever gotten it, Dooley said. The kind of drive and determination, pride and integrity that marked Steele's college football career could be seen in his military career, Dooley said, which began in ROTC at Georgia and ended with tours in Iraq and Afganistan. Dooley was introducing Steele to a crowd of people who gathered Monday at Oconee Hill Cemetery to remember the sacrifice and service of America's military veterans. Steele …
