598th honors Dutch and American Memorial Day.In bright sunlight, Col. John Brown strode boldly forward and presented a wreath at the Netherlands American Cemetery The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is a war cemetery which lies in the village of Margraten six miles east of Maastricht, in the most southern part of The Netherlands. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. in Margraten. Brown, Commander of the 598th Transportation Group, in Rotterdam, presented the wreath on behalf of the Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a . Dignitaries of both countries stood rigidly at attention. The dignitaries at the ceremony included the Hon. Clifford Sobel Clifford M. Sobel (born 1949[1]) is a U.S. diplomat and ambassador. He is currently the United States Ambassador to Brazil. He was nominated for the post by President Bush on May 23, 2006, confirmed by the Senate on June 29, and sworn in by Secretary of State , Ambassador to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "It was a singular honor to represent MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) ," said Brown, of the May 26 ceremony. "I am most proud to wear the uniform of the U.S. Army." MTMC's wreath was among 80 representing numerous associations in many countries. The Netherlands American cemetery in Margraten is the resting place for more than 8,000 American casualties of World War II. The ceremony concluded with a fly over by military aircraft of the American and Dutch air forces. Earlier, Brown and Sgt. Maj. Sara Jenkins participated at Memorial Day ceremonies May 4 for the Netherlands at a church service in the unit's home town, Capelle aan den Ijssel. The MTMC soldiers were invited by Joke J. Van Doorne, the mayor. Following the service there was a silent march to the Capelle aan den IJssel Oostgaarde cemetery. On behalf of the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , Brown laid a wreath at the memorial statue to honor all military and civilian who died during World War II. By Martin Weteling Assistant Command Affairs Officer 598th Transportation Group |
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