By Diplomat Magazine December 21, 2024 On Saturday, the 29th of June, the Netherlands celebrated its annual Veterans Day in the city of The Hague, paying tribute to the men and women who have served in the armed forces. The event featured a variety of activities, including a grand parade of veterans and active military …
For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. On Monday, the 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings — now octogenarians …
Pence lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery: ‘Their duty was to serve. Our duty is to remember’
Vice President Mike Pence on Monday marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and honoring fallen United States military service members, saying “this is the day that makes possible all other American days.” “Heroic Americans have answered their nation’s call and paid the ultimate price for our freedom,” Pence said of those who died while serving in …
Marco Kroon is geen prins op het witte paard, en ook geen koorknaapje. Dat weet hij. Maar dat is volgens de drager van de Militaire Willems-Orde geen reden om de afgelopen jaren zo vaak negatief in het nieuws te komen. Kroon vindt dat er karaktermoord op hem gepleegd is. Dat zei hij gisteravond in Hotel …
By Nestor Abrematea PALO, ,Leyte–President Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to sign into law this month the increased monthly pension of World War II veterans, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office administrator Undersecretary Ernesto G. Carolina announced during the 74th Leyte Gulf Landings held October 20 at MacArthur Shrine here. Administrator Carolina said he expects that President …
Indonesian’s Policy at the 73rd Independency Celebration By Anton Lutter. The 17th of August commemorates the proclamation of Indonesia’s independency, and in 1945 signaled the beginning of the fight for freedom against the Dutch. Now 73 years later friendship between the two countries is stronger than ever. Symbolized by the opening words of the speech …
100-year-old Bataan Death March survivor Col. Ben Skardon, a beloved Clemson University alumnus and professor emeritus, walked between 6.5 and 7 miles in the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25, 2018. KEN SCAR/CLEMSON UNIVERSITY By ALI LINAN | Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. (Tribune News Service) | Published: March 25, …
By Rebecca Burgess January opened with President Donald Trump’s directive to the various Secretaries of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security to formulate a “Joint Action Plan” for supporting veterans in their transition to civilianhood by expanding suicide prevention resources. January ended with the viral video of a California schoolteacher lambasting present, past, and future …
How Veterans Day went from celebrating world peace to thanking armed forces Source: Washington Post, 11 november 2017. Artikel door: Katie Mettler