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The Sergeant
John W. Gabersek Jr. Memorial Scholarship
A Family Tribute
to Our Greatest
Generation
Featured Story -
When we were young. A collection of memories from D-Day June
6th 1944.
Welcome to my tribute site to the 12 members of my family who combined with our
allies restored freedom across the globe in WWII. These men were part of
the 16 million men and women serving in uniform for the United States. 430,000
of these 16 million perished to accomplish this hard fought victory.
Sadly, one of them, my great uncle Amin Isbir was killed on June 6th 1944 on
Omaha Beach.
All of my great uncles have now passed away into history but you can relieve their
experiences by clicking on their portrait below. There are many related
links contained within that might take you outside this site, but I'll do my best
to assure that they remain active.
June 6th 2012 - On the 68th anniversary of D-Day, I was honored to have been
selected as the keynote speaker at the The National D-Day
Memorial in Bedford Virginia.
On this date, the Memorial added great uncle Amin's name to their Necrology Wall,
which identifies all those that fell on D-Day. This obviously was a great honor for
me, especially in front of so many WWII Veterans. A tremendous
opportunity to show to those who remain alive that their legacy, story and
devotion to duty will be remembered and talked about for
generations to come. In what proved to be one of the highlights of my life,
I addressed a
crowd of just under 700 veterans, family, and fellow patriots. The entire
keynote address preceded by brief historical documentary of Amin, D-Day History
and the 2012 address can be found
here.
The local NBC affiliate out of Roanoak Virginia produced a humbling news segment on
the addition of Amin's name and recorded my thoughts about this
very special day. That story can be found
here. This may be
the final chapter to Amin's story, that last piece of the puzzle which has taken so long to
accomplish, but I'll continue to hold true to the ideals of so many who fought
on that day of days for years to come and continue to tell his and all of these
brave soldiers, sailors, and airmen stories to all that would listen.
Johnnie Gabersek U Tuench Povirk
N Dan Povirk
I Don Lynch
T Steve Simco
E Izzy Isbir
D
Frankie Gabersek S Reid Smith T Tony Mautino
A Chuck Baldis
T Bill Baker
E Amin Isbir
S
Join me in honoring that Day of Days, D-Day, the nations largest WWII Living
History event known as D-Day Conneaut.
Visit the event website by
clicking here...
Copyright by Eric P. Montgomery 2006-2021. May God continue to Bless America
and those who defend it.