VETERANS DAY 2016 AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL.
COL. MCMAHON REPRESENTED MBDO.
MARY L. SOUZA, ACTING DIRECTOR, VA MANILA REGIONAL OFFICE & OUTPATIENT CLINIC, WELCOMES.
POSTING OF COLORS, ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES & U.S. MARINE CORPS DETACHMENT.
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
INVOCATION: REVEREND KENNETH D. FULLER
REVEREND FULLER IS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN & PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT.
REMARKS: MR. MICHAEL S. KLECHESKI, CHARGE'D'AFFAIRES, A.I., EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MR. KLECHESKI GREETS KEYNOTE SPEAKER, UNDERSECRETARY EDUARDO D. DEL ROSARIO, UNDERSECRETARY FOR CIVIL, VETERANS AND RETIREE AFFAIRS,DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: UNDERSECRETARY DEL ROSARIO.
CEREMONIAL WREATH LAYING: MR. KLECHESKI.
UNDERSECRETARY DEL ROSARIO.
CEREMONIAL WREATH LAYING ENDS.
THE PLAYING OF TAPS.
RETIREMENT OF COLORS.
ACTING DIRECTOR SOUZA MAKES FINAL REMARKS.
WREATH: EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WREATH: REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
WREATH: VETERANS AFFAIRS, MANILA. REGIONAL OFFICE & OUTPATIENT CLINIC.
WREATH: VFW POST 2485, ANGELES CITY, PHILIPPINES.
COL. MCMAHON WITH THE VFW WREATH.
COL. MCMAHON VISITED THE GRAVE OF NORMAN F. SPENCER, 192ND TANK BATTALION. COL. MCMAHON HAS REQUESTED AWARD OF THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, POW MEDAL, AND OTHER MEDALS FOR NORMAN'S FAMILY. THE U.S. ARMY'S HUMAN RESOURCES COMMAND, AWARDS & DECORATIONS BRANCH, FORT KNOX, KY HAS BEEN OBSTRUCTING THAT REQUEST.
COL. MCMAHON WITH HERMIE LELIX, STAFF, MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY & MEMORIAL, WHO BROUGHT COL. MCMAHON TO NORMAN'S GRAVE.
TABLETS OF THE MISSING. 192ND TANK BATTALION HEROES ARE LISTED.
REVEREND FULLER & COL. MCMAHON
US EMBASSY CHARGE D' AFFAIRES, A.I. KLECHESKI & COL. MCMAHON.
MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY & MEMORIAL SUPERINTENDENT LARRY ADKISON & COL. MCMAHON.
US EMBASSY ATTACHE COL. LEE & COL. MCMAHON
ACTING ASSISTANT VETERAN SERVICE CENTER MANAGER, VA MANILA REGIONAL OFFICE GLENDA TAYLOR, COL. MCMAHON, CLINIC MANAGER, VA MANILA OUTPATIENT CLINIC VICKI RANDALL, & ACTING DIRECTOR SOUZA
MARY L. SOUZA & COL. MCMAHON
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (AAP) TRUSTEE ROBERT F. LANE
AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE PHILIPPINES (AMCHAM) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EBB HINCHLIFFE & COL. MCMAHON.
MIA SEARCHER ROBERT LUCKE & COL. MCMAHON.
ABS-CBN TV INTERVIEW. COL. MCMAHON MENTIONED THE DEATH MARCH & MBDO.
PHOTOGRAPHER JESSE SUNGA.
