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Lieutenant Col. Ulrich Humpert and Sgt. Maj. Karl-Heinz Nelles, German Army liaison officers with the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore, Georgia, salute headstones belonging to a German prisoner of war at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on Nov. 26, 2024. As part of an annual tradition, the pair traveled to Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery to pay respects to all German POWs interred there as part of Volkstrauertag, or National Day of German Mourning.
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Lieutenant Col. Ulrich Humpert and Sgt. Maj. Karl-Heinz Nelles, German Army liaison officers with the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore, Georgia, place a flower arrangement at the base of a headstone belonging to a German prisoner of war at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on Nov. 26, 2024. As part of an annual tradition, the pair traveled to Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery to pay respects to all German POWs interred there as part of Volkstrauertag, or National Day of German Mourning.
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Lieutenant Col. Ulrich Humpert and Sgt. Maj. Karl-Heinz Nelles, German Army liaison officers with the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore, Georgia, place a flower arrangement at the base of a headstone belonging to a German prisoner of war at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on Nov. 26, 2024. As part of an annual tradition, the pair traveled to Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery to pay respects to all German POWs interred there as part of Volkstrauertag, or National Day of German Mourning.
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Lieutenant Col. Ulrich Humpert and Sgt. Maj. Karl-Heinz Nelles, German Army liaison officers with the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore, Georgia, place a flower arrangement at the base of a headstone belonging to a German prisoner of war at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on Nov. 26, 2024. As part of an annual tradition, the pair traveled to Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery to pay respects to all German POWs interred there as part of Volkstrauertag, or National Day of German Mourning.
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FORT KNOX, Ky. — Two German liaison officers visited Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery on the morning of Nov. 24 in recognition of Volkstrauertag, or National Day of German Mourning.
Lieutenant Col. Ulrich Humpert and Sgt. Maj. Karl-Heinz Nelles made the trip from Fort Moore, Georgia to pay their respects to German prisoners of war interred here.
Though Volkstrauertag technically falls on the second Sunday in November, are charged with visiting three other German POW cemetery locations in addition to Fort Knox.
“Every year we do our National Day of German Mourning, where we conduct ceremonies to remember the sacrifice of these Soldiers and their Families,” said Humpert. “We’re grateful that we’re given the opportunity here in America to also think of our Soldiers. I think that is a great sign of our partnership and friendship.”
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Lieutenant Col. Ulrich Humpert and Sgt. Maj. Karl-Heinz Nelles, German Army liaison officers with the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore, Georgia, place a flower arrangement at the base of a headstone belonging to a German prisoner of war at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on Nov. 26, 2024. As part of an annual tradition, the pair traveled to Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery to pay respects to all German POWs interred there as part of Volkstrauertag, or National Day of German Mourning.
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Lieutenant Col. Ulrich Humpert and Sgt. Maj. Karl-Heinz Nelles, German Army liaison officers with the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore, Georgia, place a flower arrangement at the base of a headstone belonging to a German prisoner of war at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on Nov. 26, 2024. As part of an annual tradition, the pair traveled to Fort Knox’s Main Post Cemetery to pay respects to all German POWs interred there as part of Volkstrauertag, or National Day of German Mourning.
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