Marine Corps Reserve Col. Patty Klop of Wauconda will be the first woman to serve as the keynote speaker at Crystal Lake's Memorial Day ceremony. Klop, who spent five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and the next 24 years with the Marine Corps Reserves, served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
When Col. Patty Klop was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, her job was to help repatriate those who had been killed in combat. "It was extremely traumatic and daunting and repeated," Klop said.
Klop is one of 233 reserve colonels in the U.S. Marines, 22 of whom are women, according to Crystal Lake. by signing up you agree to our terms of service In addition to her six-month deployment to Afghanistan, Klop was deployed to Iraq, according to the U.S. Marines.
The city describes the parade and ceremony as"a solemn event intended to honor veterans and those who have given their lives for their country."
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