It was a special experience to me!!!!
Fam. Somers….Thanks for the photo’s.
Colonel Calbos military attaché for the USA in The Hague Netherlands.
Mr. Pierre Ackermans reciting the prayer "Hello God" that a soldier sitting in a foxhole spoke to God
Mr. Yasenchak supervisor of the Margraten cemetery sang the American and Dutch national hymn.
In spite of the bad weather many people came to Margraten. Most of them adopted a grave of the 17th Airborne Division already for many years.
This is Wesley Haex representing the youngest generation. He recited a poem from a veteran.
The poem Wesley Haex reciting at the Veteran day
Friends of the 17th Airborne Division Mr. Pierre Ackermans and Mr. Joe Bisscheroux laid a wreath.
Mr. Jos Bex and Mr. Pierre Ackermans thanking the audience for coming to Margraten.
Colonel Calbos chatting with Wesley Haex and his mother in the restaurant In den Hoof where we had coffee after the ceremony
Mrs. Irma Haex and Flory Somers attending the ceremony in the chapel.
