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U.S. Memorial Day Ceremony in Lithuania

27 May 2005

Media event: Monday, 30 May 2005, at 11.00 h, Macikų village, Šilutė region.

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On Monday, May 30, 2005, at 11:00 a.m., the U.S. Ambassador Stephen Mull and members of the United States Defense Attaché Office from the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius will conduct a wreath-laying ceremony at the Macikų village cemetery in Silute region.

The ceremony will honor three United States Army Air Corps Airmen who were shot down, captured and held at Stalag Luft 6, a Nazi Prisoner of War camp outside of Macikai, during World War II. Staff Sergeant George B Walker, Staff Sergeant Walter Nies and Technical Sergeant William F. Teaff died while in captivity and now rest near the site of the old camp. The ceremony will honor these men who served their country with dignity and valor.