VETERANS

5/31
2002

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Sept. 11 tragedies
and war on terrorism
make this Memorial Day
more poignant.

BILL CARROLL
Special to the Jewish News

ewish war veterans attending the international
Memorial Day service at Machpelah
Cemetery in Ferndale last Sunday agreed the
event was especially meaningful this. year
because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America
and the suicide bombings in Israel over the past 20
months.
The veterans, equating these attacks with the war
waged on civilization and freedom by the Axis pow-
ers in World War II, now honor civilian yictims as
well as the war dead.
"We're here to somehow let all of the victims know
we're still thinking of them . . . and that's the way it
should be around the world," said veteran Marvin
Revich of Southfield. "The tragic events of Sept. 11
and the war on terror definitely make these services
more meaningful."
Bill Greenberg of Farmington Hills said, "We now
have a deeper responsibility to continue our work to
help veterans throughout the year. Remember, we
did the same work for the vets on Sept. 12 as we