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MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY: THE MAY 30 MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE AT THE WWII MEMORIAL PAID SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DURING WORLD WAR II. AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATION, A DOZEN WORLD WAR II VETERANS PRESENTED WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE CEREMONY FEATURED MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY GRAMMY AWARD-NOMINATED SONGWRITER BOB REGAN AND COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST ROCKIE LYNNE. STUDENTS VISITING FROM COLLE`GE ELIE FAURE IN STE FOY LA GRANDE, SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE, WHO ARE PART OF A REMEMBRANCE SCHOOL PROGRAM MEANT TO HONOR THE AMERICAN VETERANS WHO FOUGHT IN FRANCE DURING WWII, READ PERSONAL AND POIGNANT TRIBUTES TO AMERICAN WORLD WAR II VETERANS. WUSA9 WEEKDAY MORNING NEWS ANCHOR MR. MIKE HYDECK SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. FRIENDS' CHAIRMAN JOSIAH BUNTING III AND KAREN CUCURULLO, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, OFFERED WELCOME REMARKS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.PEARL HARBOR 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION: THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL HOST A TWO-DAY PEARL HARBOR 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION ON DECEMBER 6 AND 7, 2016 AT THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE DECEMBER 7, 1941 ATTACKS AND PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR "GREATEST GENERATION." ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 6TH, THE FRIENDS HOSTED A VERY SPECIAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN HONOR OF THE 2,403 MEN AND WOMEN KILLED ON OAHU, HAWAII 75 YEARS EARLIER. THE EVENT BEGAN WITH A BRIEF OPENING CEREMONY FEATURING REMARKS BY FRIENDS CHAIRMAN JOSIAH BUNTING III AND A PRAYER DELIVERED BY PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR AND WWII VETERAN THE REVEREND RICHARD YOUNG. OVER THE COURSE OF THREE HOURS, THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON THAT FATEFUL DAY WERE READ AND REMEMBERED AT THE WWII MEMORIAL. THE DECEMBER 7TH CEREMONY REMEMBERED AND HONORED ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN THE DECEMBER 7, 1941 ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATION, VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT MIKE PENCE ALONG WITH THIRTY PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS AND WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES PRESENTED WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II, INCLUDING THE MORE THAN 2,400 WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ATTACK 75 YEARS AGO. SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, THE SENIOR UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM ARIZONA, PROVIDED THE EVENT'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS. SENATOR MCCAIN'S FATHER AND GRANDFATHER, THE FIRST FATHER-SON PAIR EVER TO ACHIEVE FOUR-STAR ADMIRAL RANK IN THE U.S. NAVY, BOTH SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS DURING WWII. ELLIOTT (TOBY) ROOSEVELT III, THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, READ PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DECEMBER 8, 1941 "INFAMY SPEECH AND OFFERED PERSONAL REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY. WUSA9 MORNING ANCHOR MIKE HYDECK SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. ADDITIONALLY, FRIENDS CHAIRMAN JOSIAH BUNTING III SPOKE ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS AND GAY VIETZKE, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF NPS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.V-E DAY CEREMONY: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 71ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALLIED FORCES VICTORY IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II, THE MAY 8 V-E DAY (AND MOTHER'S DAY) CEREMONY PAID SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ALL WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATION, A DOZEN WORLD WAR II VETERANS PRESENTED WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. NORMAN BURKEY, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II ORPHANS NETWORK, GAVE THE EVENT'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS, PROVIDING PERSONAL REMARKS ABOUT HIS FAMILY'S SERVICE DURING THE WAR.MR. BURKEY WAS JUST FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HIS FATHER, ARMY PFC NORMAN L. BURKEY, WAS KILLED ON MARCH 12, 1945 WHILE SERVING WITH THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION IN ITALY. HIS MOTHER, ANNA BURKEY, NEVER REMARRIED AND RAISED ALL THREE OF THE CHILDREN ON HER OWN. AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST AND NEWS ANCHOR FOR ABC7 AND NEWSCHANNEL 8 - WJLA-TV, LEON HARRIS, SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. FRIENDS CHAIRMAN, JOSIAH BUNTING III, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS, AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, GAY VIETZKE, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF NPS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.V-J DAY CEREMONY: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALLIED FORCES VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC AND THE END OF WORLD WAR II, THE SEPTEMBER 2 V-J DAY CEREMONY CELEBRATED THE SPIRIT OF UNITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DURING THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND GAVE RECOGNITION TO ALL WORLD WAR II VETERANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, AS WELL AS ALL THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE HOME FRONT. RETIRED U.S. ARMY COLONEL JAMES L. RIFFE GAVE THE EVENT'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER, OFFERING PERSONAL REMARKS ABOUT HIS OWN SERVICE DURING WWII. COLONEL RIFFE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS FROM OCTOBER 1944 THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR. IN APRIL 1945, HE COMMANDED A UNIT THAT TOOK PART IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. WUSA9 MORNING ANCHOR MIKE HYDECK SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. FRIENDS CHAIRMAN, JOSIAH BUNTING III, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS, AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, GAY VIETZKE, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF NPS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.VETERANS DAY CEREMONY: THE NOVEMBER 11 VETERANS DAY CEREMONY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MORE THAN 16 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED WITH THE U.S. ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II. DURING THE EVENT, AUTHOR AND VETERAN MR. ALLAN HOWERTON OFFERED PERSONAL REMARKS ABOUT HIS OWN SERVICE DURING WWII. MR. HOWERTON SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN, MESSENGER, AND COMPANY COMMUNICATIONS SERGEANT WITH THE 84TH INFANTRY DIVISION DURING THE RHINELAND, ARDENNES (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AS PART OF THE CEREMONY, MR. HOWERTON AND NEARLY TWENTY OTHER WORLD WAR II VETERANS WILL PLACE WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WWII. 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