D-Day anniversary ceremony held in South Hadley
23 Video Views·Jun 6, 2024
The South Hadley American Legion, the VFW, and Holyoke Auxiliary Traffic Division held a D-Day anniversary ceremony to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice on June 6th, 1944.
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veterans across the region are
commemorating the 80th anniversary of
the D-Day Normandy invasion earlier this
evening veterans and supporters gathered
at the matter dela Rosa Cemetery in
South Hadley to honor the sacrifices of
local servicemen and Allied Forces the
ceremony was held exactly at 6:20 p.m.
which would be 12:20 a.m. in France the
exact moment the first US Army
Pathfinders parachuted into the country
to Mark the Drop Zones ahead of the main
airborn forces local veterans telling 22
News they can never forget this major
price that was paid for
Freedom we as organized veterans make it
our life's mission to remember uh they
Fallen honor their sacrifice and really
it's our duty to teach others of that
sacrifice special recognition was given
to the heroic actions of Holio native
father Captain ignacius matowski who was
killed during D-Day while serving as the
508 parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd
Airborne Division