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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 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.
The Memorial added great uncle Amin's name to their Necrology Wall, the place
were they honor all the fallen of 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.
Eric "Stitch" Montgomery
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 225 WWII Veterans by visiting the event website by
clicking here...
Copyright by Eric P. Montgomery 2006-2021. May God continue to Bless America
and those who defend it.