In het wijkgebouw werd afgelopen vrijdag postuum het Mobilisatie Oorlogskruis uitgereikt aan Jan de Ruyter de Wildt, zijn dochter Noor nam de decoratie in ontvangst. De overste bd Jacques Brijl nam namens de Minister van Defensie de honneurs waar. In zijn speech vertelde hij over het leven van Jan, die slachtoffer was van het getorpedeerde …
The leaders of South Korea and Japan have held their first formal bilateral talks since taking office. South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met in Seoul on Monday. A main topic was the issue of “comfort women.” “Comfort women” in South Korea were forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s occupying …
Woensdag 14 oktober – Tweede Kamer – Openbare Vergadering over de Indische Backpay Plaats: Tweede Kamer, Den Haag Tijdstip: 13.00-15.30 Komt allen en steun Recht, Erkenning van Onze Indische Oorlogsgetroffenen
It’s Time for the Netherlands to Apologize Nederland opgeroepen excuses aan te bieden voor harde behandeling van de Joden in WWII
The nation joins the Armed Forces and the University of the Philippines (UP) community in mourning the passing of Engr. Fernando Perez Javier. At 107 years old, Engr. Javier was the Philippines’ oldest World War II veteran and UP’s oldest alumnus, the Centennial Man during the university’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2008. We remember Engr. Perez’s …
2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings during the Second World War. The Royal British Legion and the Ministry of Defence have the privilege of leading the nation in paying its respects to all those who fought and died in the battle through a series of events over 5-6 June, known as “D-Day …
The Dutch military pilot famous in Broome for taking a plane’s machine gun in his hands and shooting down one of the Japanese fighters laying waste to the town has died aged 100. Captain Gus Winckel had been transporting Dutch refugees as Japanese forces rapidly invaded what was then the Dutch East Indies during World …
