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Augustus 9th, 2025 Sunset March

Augustus 9th, 2025 Sunset March

On behalf of the Board of the Nagasaki Monument Foundation, I would like to sincerely thank your organization, the Sunset March, the board and Team 31, for organizing the Sunset March on Saturday, August 9th. A huge compliment for what you do every day and enormous appreciation for agreeing to join us in this impressive march on the special day that marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. There was an incredible amount of interest…

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13-05-2024 Sean Wallace

13-05-2024 Sean Wallace

Thank You! It was an honour to serve as the Veteran of the Day for the Sunset March. As a former member of the 8th Canadian Hussars with a number of WW2 8th Hussars buried in Groesbeek and the grandson of a soldier who served with the Canadian Scottish Regiment buried in Groesbeek, taking part was incredibly meaningful for me and my family. Thank you Team Sunset March and Team31. Sean Wallace

24-03-2024 Val Kokhuis – The forgotten commando

24-03-2024 Val Kokhuis – The forgotten commando

On the famous Waalcrossing on September 20, 1944 there was a Dutch military participant as well. The book “De vergeten commando” (The forgotten commando, book is written in Dutch), which will be published next April, describes this story in detail for the first time. Over 80 years no one overlooked the fact that commando Val Kokhuis was involved in this heroic combat action on the river Waal near Nijmegen. The story is remarkable because it was unknown for such a…

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