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Photos from the ceremony at the Monument site
at Schoeneck, France 23 August 03
This
is primarily for Al Lang, Norman Phillips (other crew survivors)
and the families of deceased crewmembers who perished as a result
of our fatal bombing mission 26 Aug 44. I (George Lesko) attended
the ceremony at the Monument site at Schoeneck, France 23 August
03. The village of Schoeneck annually has a ceremony each year
on the Saturday closest to 26 August. The ceremony was very impressive,
a beautiful day and I presented a wreath that Norm Phillips ordered
and sent with a card in memory of our comrades (En memoire de
comrades tombes) and signed "George, Al and Norman".
Emphasis on the many articles in then newspapers (which I hope
to have translated and sent to you) was on Vince Shaffer and Jack
Staton citing the bridge dedication at Mullins, West Virginia.
Norman, Al and I also had a mass in honor of the crew of "Ginger"
at the Schoeneck Church on Sunday 24 August with Abbe Rohr officiating.
I took communion at the service.
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Dominique Brother , Nephew and George at the Monument |
Mayor
Fellinger and George before ceremony |
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| Marcel
Kronenberger, Mayor Paul Fellinger and George |
Flower
Presentation -
Lesko, Fellinger and Marcel |
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| Introductions
at the ceremony |
Front
of Monument -
Lesko, Fellinger and Marcel |
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| Schoeneck
Band |
Parade |
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| Lesko
at Monument |
Monument
with Dominique's Nephew(l) and Brother Jean Claude (r) |
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| Taken
at the Schoeneck Church ("Ginger" crew dedicated
mass) on 24 August 03 with Abbe Rohr and George after the
service |
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