FORT HOOD (November 7, 2009)--Several hundred people gathered Friday night at Hood Stadium where the Army's chief chaplain offered prayers for families and victims of the shooting rampage Thursday that left 13 dead and 30 wounded.

Chaplain Douglas Carver told those at the vigil, many of whom were dressed in fatigues and black berets, to "remember to keep breathing ... keep going."

God Bless America and Amazing Grace were sung as husbands wrapped their arms around their wives, babies cried and old men in wheelchairs bowed their heads.

It was the first community gathering since the killings.

On North Fort Hood, soldiers and family members also held a vigil Friday.

Using chemical lights, rather than candles, the soldiers paid tribute to the fallen and the injured.

Maj. Gen Charles A. Anderson, commander of First Army Division West, spoke of the individual acts of heroism during and after the shooting, commending Pfc. James Armstrong of Milledgeville, Ga., who, despite having been shot twice, helped get others out of harms way.

Armstrong, bandaged and on crutches, attended the vigil with his wife, Roxanne.

Reserve and National Guard troops train at North Fort Hood before deployments, and some of them were at the Soldier Readiness Center Thursday when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire.