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05 May 2003: "Liberation Day"

May 5th marks the anniversary of the surrender of all remaining German troops in the Netherlands in 1945; thus, it's Liberation Day in my home country.
So I'd like to thank the members of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces and the 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force, the 1st Allied Airborne Army, the US 1st and 9th Armies, the British 2nd Army, and especially the Canadian 1st Army for liberating my country. Your efforts and sacrifices are not, and will not be, forgotten. Thank you all.

(A special thought goes to my friend Mark's late grandfather, who jumped into Arnhem in September 1944 as a medic with the British 1st Airborne Division; he also jumped into Algeria and Normandy, and was a hero several times over. If there's a heaven, he deserves a good spot in it. Alternatively, if there's a place for warriors in Valhalla, the warriors had better have insisted the medics be allowed in as well.)

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