Le Souvenir Français Canton de Lure (East of France) (Vosges Mountains) Le Souvenir Français Canton de Lure (East of France) ♫ Music : Amazing grace

And Eric VANDROUX As Coordinator And Public Relation Present

Memorial Days des Enfants de France The Memorial Days by Children of France May 13 and 19 2008 Les Memorial Days des Enfants de France

EPINAL AMERICAN CEMETERY (France) During these 2 days, 120 French Children laid 180 roses on 160 graves and at the bottom of the Wall for the Missing in Action… They had a thought for the soldiers of the following american units who died during the liberation of France… Ces 2 jours là, 120 Enfants Français déposèrent 180 roses sur 160 tombes et au pied du Mur des Portés Disparus… Ils eurent une pensée pour les soldats des unités américaines suivantes qui donnèrent leur vie lors de la libération de la France…

U.S. ARMY units Les unités de l’U.S. ARMY 3rd IDUS 28th IDUS 36th IDUS 45th IDUS 63rd IDUS 70th IDUS 78th IDUS 79th IDUS 442nd RCT 82nd Airborne 101st Airborne U.S. Air Force

The children of VELORCEY La Classe de VELORCEY May 13 2008 The children of VELORCEY La Classe de VELORCEY

Thomas Cavaness, Surintendant de ce Cimetière, lut les messages de John Shirley (vétéran U.S.) et de Robert Taverni, fils d’un des soldats américains enterrés là ! Thomas Cavaness, Superintendant of the Epinal American Cemetery, read the messages for the children from John Shirley (veteran) and from Robert Taverni, son of one of the soldiers buried in this Cemetery…

Victor L. KANDLE 3rd Infantry Division

Frank TAVERNI 3rd Infantry Division

Dominic GIOVINAZZO 3rd Infantry Division

Earl SILVERSTEIN 3rd Infantry Division

Joseph S. ANCAVAGE 3rd Infantry Division

George H. BRIDGMAN 3rd Infantry Division

Leroy F. SASSE 3rd Infantry Division

May 19 2008 The children of Les Classes de Roye – Brouvelieures – Belmont sur Buttant

Stanley C. BANEK 3rd Infantry Division

Albert J. TAMBURINE 3rd Infantry Division

Gus J. KEFURT 3rd Infantry Division

Frank STREHLE 3rd Infantry Division

Carl M. LYBRAND 3rd Infantry Division

The Ceremony of Lowering of Flag

La Cérémonie des Couleurs

The Wall for the Missing in Action Le Mur des Portés disparus

Great thanks to Remerciements à Thomas CAVANESS - D. JAMBOIS - W. SAINT-PIERRE Etienne POURCHER - Bernadette POIRAT - Jean-Marie SIRET Serge LECINQ - Philippe FAIVRE - François JEANCOLAS Michel MARLIN - Gérard VERNOT - Patrick BAUMANN Henri DUCRET - Mme PETREQUIN Jean-Claude BESSE et l’Union Nationale des parachutistes… and to John SHIRLEY - Josiane SELVAGE - Toni ROSIENSKI Carl TOPIE - Robert TAVERNI - Taro MUKAI… And to all the american veterans who helped us for this project.

To be continued… A suivre… And of course great thanks to et bien sûr Remerciements à Fanny - Manon - Lisa - Léonie - Antoine - Chriss Louis - Cécilia - Alexandre - Marine - Camille - Emilie Alexis - Coralie - Laura - Alan - Thomas - Anthony Sarah - Loïc - Anaïs - Enzo - Antonin - Mathilde Pauline - Léa - Fabien - Dimitri - Alban - Lucie Florian - Morgane - Jessy - Hervé - Sorenza - Alice Jonathan - Célia - Aurélien - Maxime - Victor - Ipek and all the others children… et à tous les autres enfants… To be continued… A suivre… eric.vandroux@libertysurf.fr