Cunard Partners with The Greatest GENERATIONS Foundation to Commemorate Service of World War II Veterans on August 4 Transatlantic Crossing
VALENCIA, Calif., April 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with The Greatest GENERATIONS Foundation, Cunard
will pay tribute to the forgotten heroes of World War II, honoring our
nation's veterans with a unique enrichment program on board Queen Mary
2's Transatlantic Crossing, August 4-12, 2017.
On this 8-night voyage departing from Southampton, England,
guests will have the opportunity to attend lectures and interact with
several WWII veterans, hearing first-hand about their experiences during
America's involvement in the war. From the "Battle of the Atlantic," to
the conflicts in Normandy and 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.
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"Cunard played a pivotal role in World War II, with our liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth
transported as troop ships, and together carried over 1.5 million
servicemen across the Atlantic, to and from the field of battle," said Josh Leibowitz, senior vice president, Cunard North America.
"We are honored to partner with The Greatest Generations Foundation to
offer our guests this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet these
decorated veterans."
Actual WWII veterans scheduled to be on board will include American veterans Arthur Staymates, who stormed Omaha beach in D-Day's first wave with German machine-gun fire hammering on the door of his landing craft; Joseph Reilly, who parachuted into Normandy five hours before the seaborne landing; Douglas Dillard, who made his first parachute combat jump in August 1944 in the South of France; Jack Holder, who was a Naval Flight Engineer stationed on the Island of Oahu and had to take cover during the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor; Michael Ganitch, who served on the USS Pennsylvania and witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor; and Stuart Hedley, also at Pearl Harbor,
who recalls leaping from his ship into the water and coming up amid
debris and burning oil and swimming for his life towards the shoreline.
Canadian veteran Kenneth Scott,
who served in the Royal Canadian Navy and saw wartime action aboard the
RMS Aquitania, will also join the voyage. With a normal troop capacity
of 7,400, the RMS Aquitania was among the select group of large, fast
former passenger ships capable of sailing independently without escort
transporting large numbers of troops that were assigned worldwide as
needed.
Q&A's and other discussions with the WWII veterans will cover topics including:
- The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
- Pearl Harbor: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
- The Dead & Those About To Die: The Big Red One At Omaha Beach
- Normandy: D-Day with the Screaming Eagles
- Battle of the Bulge: Alamo in the Ardennes
Cunard is pleased to offer on this voyage an on board credit of up to $250 per stateroom to veterans, retired and active-duty personnel.
For more
information about Cunard and to book a voyage, contact your Travel
Agent, call Cunard toll-free at 1-800-728-6273, or visit www.cunard.com.
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Greatest GENERATIONS FoundationThe Greatest GENERATIONS
Foundation is an International non-governmental organization (INGO)
dedicated to honoring the sacrifices of veterans by returning them to
their former battlegrounds, cemeteries and memorials to ensure that
their legacies are recorded and retold in perpetuity to future
generations. Through veterans' first-hand accounts of their experiences,
history comes to life and a greater understanding of our world today is
found. Visit online at: http://www.tggf.org/.
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