{"id":151140,"date":"2024-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=151140"},"modified":"2024-04-18T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:10:27","slug":"soldiers-honor-fallen-wwii-service-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=151140","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers honor fallen WWII service members"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n U.S. Army Lt. Col. Rosemary Reed, assigned to NATO Joint Forces Command Naples J9, pays her respects at the grave of 2nd Lt. Ellen Ainsworth, 56th Evacuation Hospital, who received the Silver Star posthumously for the sacrifices she made treating the woundedduringt the Battle of Anzio. Reed visited the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Jan. 24 to honor the fallen on the 80th anniversary of the allied forces landing for World War II\u2019s Battle of Anzio. (Courtesy photo)
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NETTUNO, Italy \u2013 U.S. Soldiers assigned to HHC, Allied Forces South Battalion in Naples, Italy, visited the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Jan. 24 to honor the fallen on the 80th anniversary of the allied forces landing for World War II\u2019s Battle of Anzio.<\/p>\n

The ceremony honored service members who fought and died during the battle that lasted until June 4, 1944. During the ceremony, school children from Nettuno shared the stories of 2nd Lt. Ellen Ainsworth and Pvt. Toshio Sasano, two Soldiers buried at the cemetery.<\/p>\n

Ainsworth was assigned to the 56th Evacuation Hospital and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Sasano was assigned to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to participate mainly to acknowledge the service and sacrifices of those who came before us, those who sacrificed so much to ensure the freedoms we enjoy today,\u201d said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Rosemary Reed, assigned to NATO Joint Forces Command Naples J9. \u201cOur way of life, our very existence, was threatened at that time, but more importantly, I wanted to help ensure we don\u2019t forget the service and sacrifice of those who are buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reed said that in addition to U.S. Soldiers assigned to NATO units, U.S. Soldiers from the local Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1st Armored Division and 3rd Infantry Division participated in the ceremony. Reed explained that she has multiple connections in her personal life related to the day\u2019s events. She is a member of the local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, her current duty station is less than 100 miles from the location of the Battle of Anzio, and she also served in the 1st Armored Division earlier in her career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most memorable part of the day for me was to visit the grave of 2nd Lt. Ellen Ainsworth who received the Silver Star for the sacrifices she made treating the wounded at the Anzio landing and including those that saved so many lives as a result of her actions,\u201d said Reed. \u201cIt was a tremendous honor to be able to represent Allied Forces South Battalion at this event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reed said she would encourage Soldiers to take advantage of other 80th anniversary events especially the D-Day landings in June in Normandy, France, this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 80th anniversary of World War II is a rare opportunity for our Soldiers assigned to NATO units to learn about the beginning of NATO and early U.S. participation in allied operations on a much larger scale than we have seen in the last 20 years,\u201d said Reed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat time was really a threat to the survival of the United States, but also demonstrates how well we pulled together as a country and as an alliance,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I think, by visiting these sites, by participating in these events, it gives us a better perspective and understanding of what we might expect in a NATO Article 5 scenario where we\u2019re defending the territorial integrity of one of our NATO allies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Rosemary Reed, assigned to NATO Joint Forces Command Naples J9, pays her respects at the grave of 2nd Lt. Ellen Ainsworth, 56th Evacuation Hospital, who received the Silver Star posthumously for the sacrifices she made treating the woundedduringt the Battle of Anzio. Reed visited the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Jan. 24 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151142,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151143,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151140\/revisions\/151143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}