Memorial Day 2024
This Memorial Day, as we gather with our families and friends, let us remember the significance of this day. ?On Memorial Day, we especially honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation, and we must never forget.?
Memorial Day is a time to pause in remembrance of the brave service members who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. Those who serve in the Armed Forces selflessly put their lives on the line, and tragically, some never return home to their families.?
With deep gratitude and reverence, we remember these heroes to whom we owe our freedoms we enjoy across our Nation.
Among those fallen in service to our nation is Provincetown’s Manny Motta. Born in 1931, he joined the Army at 17, serving in the field artillery of the First Cavalry Division during the Korean War. Corporal Manuel V. Motta ?was killed on October 13, 1950, three weeks before his 19th birthday while on a night patrol when his unit was ambushed by North Korean forces in an open field. He was the only soldier from the Outer Cape killed in the Korean War. He posthumously received the Purple Heart for his brave service.
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Today, he is memorialized through the Cpl. Manuel V. Motta Field of Provincetown that is scheduled for major improvements to be enjoyed by all. ?In addition, through the generosity of the Lewis A. Young Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3152 of Provincetown , the Manny Motta Scholarship has been established with the Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation to support veteran students and honor the sacrifice of Manny Motta.
For those who gave all, we remember.
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4 个月John, thanks for sharing!
Landscape and Figurative Artist
5 个月Thanks for this pose. My Dad was in a bombing run into France that day. I can't imagine all those young men and their amazing courage
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6 个月As a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Dudley Brown VFW Post 2846...today and every day we should keep those who lost their lives to keep us free and their families in our thoughts.