World War II Heroes to be honored Cunard Insights enrichment
guests on flagship Queen Mary
2
VALENCIA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership
with The Greatest GENERATIONS Foundation, Cunard will again pay
tribute to the heroes of World War II, featuring several esteemed
veterans on the fourth such powerful enrichment program on board a
Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing.
This special voyage will depart New
York and sail to Southampton,
England, June 5 to 12,
2022.
On this 7-night voyage, guests will have the opportunity to
attend lectures and interact with several WWII veterans, hearing
first-hand about their experiences during the war. From the "Battle
of the Atlantic," and the DDAY landings in Normandy, to the last
living survivor of Pearl Harbor,
these distinguished war heroes will engage in discussions and
Q&A's, giving guests a very personal glimpse into the human
elements of wartime service.
A special new feature on this Crossing will be the inclusion of
veterans from the Korean, Vietnam,
Iraq, and Afghanistan wars.
"We are honored to continue our relationship with The Greatest
Generations Foundation, and to pay tribute to these esteemed
veterans and their wartime service. Ever since we first introduced
this very special program in 2017, guests have been riveted by
their very moving and personal narratives, resulting in standing
ovations every day," said Jamie
Paiko, vice president, Sales, Cunard
North America. "We are both humbled and thrilled to
welcome back some returning WWII veterans to our flagship, and to
meet some veterans new to the Cunard experience."
Participating veterans scheduled to be on board will
include:^
- STEVE MELNIKOFF, 102, who
experienced the full horrors of Omaha Beach, when he served in
1st Battalion, 175th Regiment of the
29th Infantry Division and who earned three Bronze Stars
and two Purple Hearts for his service.
- MICKEY GANITCH, 102, who
served as a Senior Chief Quartermaster in the United States Navy and witnessed
Pearl Harbor.and went on the fight
in 17 battles throughout the Pacific.
- HAROLD ANGLE, 98, who
served in the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, and
who marched down the Champs-Elysées on August 29, 1944, in the Liberation of
Paris.
- JAMES BLANE, 98, Corporal
of the 4th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps and served in
the battles of Kwajalein (Roi-Namur), Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo
Jima.
- HAROLD RADISH, 97,
served with the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 90th Infantry
Division, as a combat intelligence observer. During the battle of
the BULGE, RADISH, a Jewish-American, was captured by the Germans
and served the rest of the war as a prisoner of war in Nazi
Germany.
- IRVING LOCKER, 97,
remembers in vivid detail the brutally cold winter of 1944-45 when
he was a 19-year-old staff sergeant with the 116th AAA Gun
Battalion of the 1st Army's 7th Corps. They fired 90mm
anti-aircraft, anti-tank guns at the Germans in Hitler's last
desperate effort to avert inevitable defeat in the European Theater
of WWII.
- ROBERT FISHER, 88, is a
1955 Naval Academy graduate and career
Marine Corps officer who retired in 1982. At that time, he also
studied four guerrilla wars in Southeast
Asia and obtained the Malaya Jungle School Syllabus at
Johore Bahru and went on to train 20,000 Marines, Navy Seals,
Sea-Bees, and Army Special Forces Teams for Vietnam.
- RICHARD PRINCE, 76, was
assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines and assaulted
the Dong Ba Tower in Hue. Pictures
of his bravery were featured in Time Magazine and on the cover of
Stars & Stripes Magazine during the war. He was severely
wounded in the neck and medevac'd out of Vietnam to the
United States during this action.
- JESSE "BUD" ALLEY, 80, served two years active duty; a
complete twelve-month tour in Vietnam with the First Cavalry Division
(Airmobile)-August 1965-August 1966.
His award-winning book The Ghosts of the Green Grass documents his
experience in the Vietnam War.
- KEVIN BREWINGTON, 38,
served with the U.S. Army and was two months into his Afghanistan deployment as an infantryman with
the 125th Special Brigade Combat Team when he stepped on a
landmine. He woke up four days later in a hospital in Germany. BREWINGTON lost both his legs and
part of his right arm in the blast and has spent seven years
recovering and rebuilding his life.
Q&A's and other discussions with the World War II veterans
will cover topics including:
- The Bombing of Pearl Harbor,
1941
- D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944
- The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944
- Blood Sand: The Battle for Iwo Jima, 1945
- Vietnam War: The Forgotten Generation
- Afghanistan: The Forever
War
Jeremy Hubbard, current co-anchor
of FOX31 Denver News will join the voyage and act as a moderator of
the panels and lectures. Prior to joining the FOX31 Denver News
team, Hubbard, a native of western Colorado, worked as a New York-based correspondent for ABC News
where he contributed and reported for all ABC News broadcasts
including: Good Morning America, World News with Dianne Sawyer and Nightline.
For more information about Cunard, or to book a
voyage, contact your Travel Advisor, call Cunard Line at
1-800-728-6273 or visit www.cunard.com.
For travel agents interested in further information, please
contact your Business Development Manager, visit OneSource or call
Cunard toll free at 1-800-528-6273.
^ Schedule subject to change.
Cunard
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