Turkey and United States have a long history of military partnership in NATO, starting with the Korean war in 1950 , the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1963, the first Gulf War in 1980ies and the war in Afghanistan today. We salute all soldiers who have contributed to this partnership while serving in Turkey and remember the ones who are no longer with us.
The following web site link is courtesy of MerhabaTurkey.com, which was founded by American Military personnel who have served in in Turkey.
U.S. MILITARY BASE DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY 1955
CLICK TO READ JOHN'S STORY
John Bross Duty Stations: Dec 1954-Mar1955 Hellinikon Airport, Athens, Greece Apr 1955 Wheelus Field, Tripoli, Libya May 1955-Feb 1956 TUSLOG Site 9, Diyarbakir, Turkey Mar 1956 Leave taken- Traveled through Europe on way home to States
Jan Claire is the webmaster of www.merhabaturkey.com. He is a Navy man, an artist, a painter,an architect and a writer. If you enjoy reading and arts you don't want to miss his personal site:
http://www.janclaire.com/blog.html. I call him my a good comrade(dostum), an American-Turk as opposed to a Turkish-American as I am one. Read his blog ,the story of Fuat and you will agree with me.
JAN WITH HIS SISTER,1958
A SALUTE TO AMERICAN VETERANS
NOVEMBER 11, 2010
ATATÜRK'S 72. IMMORTALITY ANNIVERSARY, NOVEMBER 10, 1938-2010
On November 10, 2010 it will be seventy two years since Turkey's First President and Founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk became immortal. Every passing year since 1938 we missed him more than a year before.
On the seventy second year anniversary of his immortality , I like to bring your attention to his universal love and compassion for all of the soldiers of the world. You will witness this on his message to ANZAC soldiers' mothers, engraved on memorials in Canakkale(Dardanelles), Turkey.
No wonder than, the sons of other nations who served in Turkey have a great admiration and respect for him, like the American soldiers who have served in the Homeland of ours. Click on Ataturk's picture to see how American soldiers who served in Turkey salute this great Soldier and Statesman.
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ISTANBULLITE SALUTES TURKISH VETERANS WHILE REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS
