– On Thursday at 11 in Vilnius there will be a farewell ceremony of American soldiers killed in an accident in Lithuania. Every American soldier is also a Lithuanian soldier. The pain of their loved ones is our pain. Let’s be strong together – it was written in the social media of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense. Representatives of the American army have repeatedly emphasized gratitude to Lithuanians, as well as Poles and Estonians who took part in the search and rescue operation at the training ground in Podbrodzie.
Farewell to American soldiers. The bodies will fly to the USA
Soldiers will be farewell to honors before they return to their homeland. Thanks to the heroes who were looking for missing days and nights, their loved ones will be able to bury them on American land. Lrytas.lt reports that the solemn ceremony of farewell to the fallen American soldiers will start at the cathedral square and the gathered will pass by Avenue of Giedymin to the intersection of J. Tumas-Vaižgantas. The ceremony will be attended by the President of the Lithuanian Republic, Minister of National Defense, commander of the Lithuanian armed forces, Metropolitan Archbishop and other high -ranking state officials, ambassadors and all who is not indifferent to this tragedy. The farewell ceremony will be shown live by LRT.
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The farewell ceremony of American soldiers will take place in Vilnius.
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