Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Wednesday Hero 03/17/2010

Cpl. Charles Aldieri(Ret.) & 1st Lt. Jack Jewell(Ret.)
Cpl. Charles Aldieri(Ret.) & 1st Lt. Jack Jewell(Ret.)
U.S. Army

Lt. Col. David Hurley, commander of Schweinfurt, Germany's 15th Engineer Battalion, presents unit coins to two 9th Infantry Division World War II veterans -- Charles Aldieri, a former corporal with the 746th Tank Battalion (shaking hands) and Jack Jewell, a former first lieutenant with Company B, 39th Infantry -- during a March 8 ceremony honoring the division's efforts in capturing the famed Remagen Bridge in the closing days of World War II. The commemoration took place in the Remagen Bridge and Peace Museum now housed in the remains of the span, which collapsed 10 days after its capture on March 7, 1945.


Photo Courtesy United States Army

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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6 comments:

Coffeypot said...

Bless'em!

Unknown said...

coffeypot...amen

Call Me Grandma said...

A big thank you goes out to them all!

ABNPOPPA said...

What a wonderful service for this and the older veterans. Thanks for posting it. BTW who's quote was it? The one in red.

Pops

Unknown said...

grandma...we are a richly blessed nation!

Unknown said...

pops...Christopher Lee is the person responsible for the Wednesday Hero posts...he has the quote written on his site, but never mentions where it came from. I would guess, he wrote it. I'll drop him an e-mail to find out.
Thanks for stopping by!