Just want to acknowledge this great holiday for anybody with Russian roots (and not only). this is the official end of war on the European front for us. both of my grandfathers volunteered from the prison camps in Siberia and Kazakhstan in the 1st month of the war, both fought to the last days of the war. they , of course, were send back to the camps after but that's another story...

my grandmothers before they passed gave me the medals that my grandfathers were awarded after they were rehabilitated. they were their most prized possessions. those medals represent the proof that good men regardless of ideology, race or faith stood up in the face of pure evil and sacrificed everything for the guy to left, the guy to the right and everybody behind.

I will always and forever be proud of the uniform they wore, the flag they fought under and the medals they were awarded. because they are symbols that grew beyond the "communist" agenda,

We should never forget.

Thank you dear Veterans of all nations!

 

PS I'm not good with words so maybe I didn't make myself clear ... so just ask

Absolutely.  

 

A lot of my family died during the War... (Ukraine/Russia).