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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 woman serving in uniform for the United States of which 430,000 gave their lives to accomplish this hard fought victory; one of them being my great uncle Amin.  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 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 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 Normandy 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.  In addition, the local NBC affiliate out of Roanoak Virginia produced a very well done news segment on the addition of Amin's name and recorded my thoughts about this very special day.   The story can be found here.  This may be Amin's final chapter, 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.

         

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

I also serve as the Veteran Coordinator for the D-Day event in Conneaut Ohio...
Join me and over 150 WWII Veterans by visiting the event website by clicking here...

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