Forget-me-not: Mothers and Sons

An installation by Marie Watt commemorating Northwest servicemen and -women killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Nathan Nakis
1984–2003
Army Spec., Nat’l Guard; Co. B, 52nd Engineer Bn. (Heavy)

As a boy, loved Tonka trucks; as a young man built orphanages, runways, roads, and reservoirs. Enrolled at OSU to become a civil engineer; activated one month into his term. Young Iraqis admired his soccer and slingshot skills and regularly called on him to play.