Missing Them at the Parade
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2 min readToday we salute the veterans who never failed to honor their fallen comrades at Memorial Day parades.
This Memorial Day, Americans across the country will miss recently deceased veterans. The following veterans never failed to honor their fallen comrades on Memorial Day.
John F. Danielewicz, who died April 22 at age 93, served as Honorary Parade Marshall for the New Britain (Conn.) Memorial Day Parade from 2008-2011, according to the obit published by the family in the Hartford Courant.
During World War II, he served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater aboard the U.S.S. Essex, "The Fightingest Ship in the Fleet," and received two Silver Stars, the obit said.
During the nearly 70 years after the war, Danielewicz remained attached to the military through his affiliations with several veterans organizations. He was a past commander of the Disabled American Veterans. He belonged to the Veterans Council and received the "Veteran of the Year Award" on December 7, 1999.
He was the recipient of the Veteran's of the Year Award from the Amber Club on September 20, 2008. Finally, on November 10, 2008, John was interviewed by Dr. Evelyn Cherpak, Head of the U.S. Naval Historical Collection at the Naval War College in Newport, RI. The purpose of the interview was to gain a detailed perspective of on John's life, along with the history aboard the U.S.S. Essex during World War II that tallied some 52 pages of written text.
This post was contributed by Alana Baranick, a freelance obituary writer. She was the director of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers and chief author of Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers before she passed away in 2015.
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