Former Kansas Senator, and World War II veteran Bob Dole was laid to rest Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery.
The burial followed a service at the Memorial Chapel at Arlington. The flag-draped casket of Dole, who earned the Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts as a lieutenant with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy in 1945, was carried by caisson, to his final resting place. A riderless horse accompanying the procession to symbolize the officer's final look at the those he has left behind.
The graveside funeral service was a private ceremony, but media coverage was allowed from a discreet distance.
Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Regiment and the Army Band provided the ceremonial send-off, with a traditional playing of "Taps."
Dole is remembered as a three-time presidential candidate and former senator from Kansas who served in Congress, first in the House and then the Senate, from 1960 to 1996.
But for many veterans, he is remembered as a soldier who spent his senior years supporting former service members, co-chairing a commission that investigated a scandal over the living conditions for wounded warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and connecting with World War II veterans and visitors at the National World War II Memorial.
Dole was buried in Section 4, in an area known as Coast Guard Hill, home to the cemetery's Coast Guard Memorial and numerous graves of Coast Guard men and women. From Dole's gravesite, visitors have a view of the Pentagon, the Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument and the dome of the U.S. Capitol.