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Memorial Day Addison Independent • May 26, 2016 Red, white and blue MEMBERS OF THE Middlebury Rotary Club are preparing for the first of five flag raisings posted on patriotic holidays each year. Shown here at a recent work day are, from left, Tim Hollander, Scott Needham, Liz Smith, Eric Denu, Helmut Hietzker, Ron Hadley and Logan Price. See story on Page 3. Photo by Max Kraus

U.S. serviceman with Austrian roots to deliver memorial address By EVAN JOHNSON VERGENNES — George Jaeger’s service to his country started when he was 18, operating a mortar during World War II. It would later include acting as an interpreter in a war crimes investigation team as the horrors of the Holocaust were made visible to the world and for, 35 years, working in the U.S. Foreign Service. Next Monday, Jaeger plans to draw on these experiences in a keynote speech at the Memorial Day Parade and Observance in Vergennes. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1926, the early rumblings of nationalism in Germany were of little concern until the German annexation of Austria in 1938. The son of a Catholic mother and Jewish father, Jaeger witnessed the aftermath of the Kristallnacht, the “Night of the Broken Glass,” when paramilitary forces and gangs looted and burned Jewish neighborhoods, synagogues and businesses. The event is referred to by some historians as the start of the Holocaust. With the help of a Quaker organization in England, Jaeger left Austria. He still remembers the moment he and a car of other children fleeing the Nazis arrived at the border with (See Jaeger, Page 2)

Local Legions organize activities to remember County posts plan parades, speeches and more ADDISON COUNTY — The three President Laurie Patton will deliver the address. American Legion posts in Addison County To participate in the parade, call Post 27 will each host parades on Memorial Day. at 388-9311 and let them know what type of Middlebury American entry you have (walkers, float, Legion Post 27 will once again The parade etc.), number of participants conduct the first Memorial Day concludes at the and what your entry represents. parade of the morning. This meet in the Middlebury Soldiers’ Monument Then year’s parade, under the theme College parking lot off of “Honoring our Heroes,” will at the top of Field House Road at 8 a.m. on step off from the parking lot Merchants Row, parade day. behind the Middlebury College where there will be Participants are asked to keep arts center at 9 a.m. in mind the intent of the parade, a short ceremony Marchers will follow their honoring fallen which is to pay tribute to those traditional route north on Main that have fought for this great Street, around the green onto servicemen and nation. No political signs or Pleasant Street in front of the women and those banners will be permitted. Congregational Church of still serving. VERGENNES Middlebury and in front of the Vermont’s largest Memorial Middlebury Inn. The parade concludes at the Day parade is hosted by American Legion Soldiers’ Monument at the top of Merchants Post 14 in Vergennes. The parade marshal this Row, where there will be a short ceremony year is Lesley Urban, retired sergeant major in honoring fallen servicemen and women the Vermont Air National Guard, and the main (See Parades, Page 9) and those still serving. Middlebury College

Commemorative events offered at historic fort TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — Join Fort Ticonderoga on Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30, to salute the service of the armed forces of the United States on the very grounds where so many American soldiers fought and sacrificed. Parade into Fort Ticonderoga behind the Fife and Drum Corps during a special program on Memorial Day at 11 a.m., and step back in time to meet the soldiers of the American Revolution. Experience all aspects of the life of the Continental Army soldier in 1776, from their weapons to their rations, and learn about what they believed would come from their sacrifice in the name of liberty. Construction of soldier’s huts will be led by museum staff throughout the weekend, continuing Fort Ticonderoga’s project in experimental archaeology to recreate houses and huts built by Pennsylvania soldiers at Ticonderoga in 1776. “Spend the day at Fort Ticonderoga this Memorial Day weekend,” said Beth Hill,

Fort Ticonderoga president and CEO. “See Fort Ticonderoga at the beginning of the American Revolution in 1776; a hive of activity as citizens turned soldiers as they build extensive lines of defenses across the Ticonderoga peninsula and beyond to try to secure to secure this vital stronghold from the British. Throughout the weekend, visitors will witness the labor of liberty as soldiers from the Continental Army bring to life this defining story through military drill, historic trades, and fatigue duties such as carpentry.” A full line-up of programs offered throughout the weekend include cannon and musket demonstrations; daily tours in the fort, King’s Garden, and exhibition spaces; historic trades programs; Vessel Carillon boat tours on Lake Champlain; and the Mount Defiance experience. Fort Ticonderoga’s Battlefield Hiking Trail and canoe rentals on Lake Champlain will also be available beginning Memo(See Fort Ticonderoga, Page 5)

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(Continued from Page 1) Holland: A group of friendly Dutch women boarded the train with pots of hot chocolate and baked goods. “It was like heaven had opened up,” he said. “We were hungry, starved, and dirty and didn’t know how this would end. We ate like pigs.” Jaeger continued to Norfolk, England, where he learned to speak English and attended school while living in a private estate. “My lederhosen were replaced with flannel pants,” he said. In 1940, he traveled to Brooklyn, N.Y., where his father — an established painter and art professor in Vienna — then worked as a custodian (his mother would not rejoin them until after the war). He was 12 years old and often gave speeches to encourage the public to buy war bonds. He was drafted at 18 and went through accelerated basic training at Fort McClellan in Alabama. In the winter of 1944, he joined 5,000 troops in crossing the North Atlantic to provide reinforcements for Allied troops in Europe. On a spring day in 1945, Jaeger was resting in a pile of hay in a Belgian barn when an officer in full dress uniform — called “pinks” because of the color of their trousers — arrived. He called Jaeger out and informed him that since he could speak German, he’d been NEW HAVEN RESIDENT George Jaeger, a World War II vet who investigated Nazi war crimes and had a career as a foreign service officer, selected as an interpreter for a war crimes inwill be the keynote speaker at the Memorial Day ceremony in Vergennes next Monday. vestigation team, which searched for German Independent photo/Evan Johnson war criminals as the Nazi army retreated. “We spent a lot of time driving around looking for people who weren’t there,” he The ensuing trial was the first mass atrocity said. “It was a confusing world that was going trial in the U.S.-controlled zone of Germany. in so many different directions. You would go The United States Holocaust Memorial Museto an address and the house would be rubble.” um estimates that during its operation between On an errand near the Ger1941 and 1945, some 14,420 man town of Hadamar in the people were murdered at the “We spent a lot of spring of 1945, Jaeger was site Jaeger and his comrades approached by a man who time driving around discovered. claimed to be a French intelli- looking for people Jaeger and his unit would gence officer who said he need- who weren’t there. later go to the opening of ed to show Jaeger something It was a confusing the Flossenbürg concentraimmediately. tion camp in Bavaria near world that was What the intelligence officer the Czech border, where he showed him appeared to be a going in so many saw piles of naked and frozen hospital, and staff there re- different directions. corpses and skeletal figures ported they were caring for dis- You would go to packed into barracks. The abled patients, disoriented el- an address and the stench of urine and death was derly persons from bombed out house would be overpowering, Jaeger rememJohn Fuller, Master Plumber • 388-2019 areas, “half Jewish” children bers more than six decades rubble.” from welfare institutions, dislater. Serving Addison County since 1989 — George Jaeger abled forced laborers and sol“It was the most degrading diers deemed “incurable.” The place I’ve ever seen in my facility was actually part of a Nazi euthanasia lifetime,” he said. “When you’re 18 that’s a HAVING AN EVENT? program that killed off prisoners through le- lot to absorb.” thal doses of medication or abuse. The bodies The United States Holocaust Memorial Email it to: calendar@addisonindependent.com were buried in mass graves nearby. Museum estimates 97,000 prisoners passed Jaeger and his unit radioed for infantry sup- through Flossenbürg between 1938 and 1945. (See America, Page 8) port, which surrounded and opened the camp.

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A former freedom fighter from Hungary will be parade marshal VERGENNES — Lesley Urban, a retired sergeant major, will be this year’s parade marshal in the Vergennes Memorial Day Parade set for May 30. Urban is a veteran of the Hungarian Revolutionary Army, which he joined at the age of 15. In 1950 the Russian Army, backed by hundreds of Russian tanks, began the Battle of Hungary, which killed thousands. Urban escaped from Hungary, going to Austria, to Yugoslavia and then to Bremerhaven, Ger-

many, where he “caught a ride” to America. There he eventually enlisted in the U.S. Army. After completing three years in the Army, he came to Vermont and enlisted with the Vermont Air National Guard, where he remained for more than 20 years. He was discharged as a sergeant major. Urban is a longtime member of the Vergennes American Legion. He and his family now reside in Williston.

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Rotary program posts U.S. flags for patriotic holidays MIDDLEBURY — For the past several years the Middlebury Rotary Club has sponsored a flag raising project to promote patriotism and raise funds for charitable use in the community. The club solicits businesses and residences to pay a small fee and its members then fly American flags on their lawns on five holidays: Memorial Day, Flag Day, July Fourth, Labor Day and Veterans Day. The flags, which are placed at sunrise and removed at sunset for storage until the next holiday, make for an impressive sight. Middlebury Rotary is gearing up for its flag project again with a goal of surpassing last year’s displays throughout the town. Those interested in joining their neighbors in Middlebury are asked to send the annual $50 subscription fee for 2016 to Middlebury Rotary, Box 46, Middlebury, VT 05753. For further information, call Tim Hollander at 989-3857 or email rotaryflagproject@gmail.com or go online

to www.middleburyrotary.org/SitePage/flagproject. Some of this year’s beneficiaries are HOPE, Charter House Coalition, Elderly Services, Turning Point and Vermont Special Olympics.

We remember and honor those who have given their lives defending our freedom and democracy.

EVEN AT AGE 92 Ron Hadley is still helping the Middlebury Rotary prepare its mass flag presentation for Memorial Day. Hadley is a decorated World War II veteran who was a navigator on an LST at the Omaha Beach D-Day landing in France. Photo by Max Kraus

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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Four of the current five candidates for Vermont governor weighed in on some meaty issues — including the minimum wage, economic development and state taxes — in an April 9 forum in Middlebury sponsored by Rights & Democracy, a new grassroots organization focused on issues facing working families. The forum featured Matt Dunne, a Hartland Democrat, former Vermont lawmaker and recent Google executive; Townshend Democrat Peter Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to Croatia and recent state senator from Windham County; Bruce Lisman, a Shelburne Republican and former Wall Street executive; and Waterbury Democrat Sue Minter, a former state lawmaker who most recently most

concerned with the bridge replacement project,” Langrock writes in his letter. “They are concerned about the safety of the project in construction and perpetuity. They are concerned about environmental matters in construction and perpetuity.” Downtown Middlebury merchants and property owners have long been concerned about the project, which has grown dramatically in scope, price and expected duration since it was first pitched in its current form around three years ago. It includes replacing the two rail underpasses (See Railroad, Page 19A)

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If you’re cruising around the dial on your TV next Tuesday evening, keep your eyes peeled for Middlebury native Quincy Dunn Baker. The established New York actor will play the father of three young boys on an episode of the NBC show “Chicago Med.” The (See By the way, Page 19A)

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MELINDA ARABIS KNIGHTS, above, of the Philippines smiles as she is handed her documents at the end of Tuesday’s naturalization ceremony held at Beeman Elementary School in New Haven. The school’s chorus, right, sang “These Green Hills” as part of the ceremony.

By GAEN MURPHREE America, Europe, Asia and Africa. NEW HAVEN — Melinda Some had emigrated from as close Knights, a native of the Philip- as Canada, the United Kingdom, pines, first came to the United the Netherlands, and the Czech States in 2009. Republic; others from as far away “Since I was small I was dream- as Kenya, Bhutan, India, China, ing to come here to the South Korea, the PhilUnited States,” the St. “I really, ippines and Fiji. South Johnsbury resident told America was representreally love a questioner at the Beeed by new citizens from man Elementary School this country. Brazil, Colombia and gym on Tuesday after- And I am so Venezuela. noon. “Hosting the natuvery proud “I really, really love of myself ralization ceremony this country,” Knights that I am at Beeman is always a continued. “And I am so great honor,” said Beevery proud of myself that here today.” man teacher Annette — Melinda I am here today.” Carter. “Our students Knights learn about the path to She was one of 21 Vermont residents from citizenship and the sto14 countries who stood before a ries behind people who come to federal judge, swore to “bear true this country and dream for it to befaith and allegiance” to the United come their home.” States, and became U.S. citizens in Carter and Arnell Paquette, who a ceremony. both teach fifth- and sixth-graders The new citizens came from five at Beeman, integrated the naturalcontinents: North America, South (See Naturalization, Page 20A)

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Suggestions from how to observe Memorial Day • Visit cemeteries and place flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes. • Fly the U.S. Flag at half-staff until noon. Memorial Day is a day of “National Mourning.” • Attend religious services of your choice. • Visit memorials. • Participate in a “National Moment of Remembrance” at 3 p.m. local time, to pause and think upon the meaning of the day and for taps to be played where possible. • Renew a pledge to aid the widows and orphans of our fallen dead, and to aid the disabled veterans.

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A REVOLUTIONARY WAR re-enactor raises a flag over historic Fort Ticonderoga, which will welcome visitors for a special fife and drum program on Memorial Day.

Fort Ticonderoga of Fort Ticonderoga. Welcoming visitors since (Continued from Page 1) 1909, it preserves North America’s largest rial Day weekend. A 10 percent general admissions discount 18th-century artillery collection, 2,000 acres will be given to active duty military members of historic landscape on Lake Champlain, and Carillon Battlefield, and with proof of service for this the largest series of untouched special weekend event. For “Throughout the 18th-century earthworks surmore information, visit www. viving in America. fortticonderoga.org or call weekend, visitors Fort Ticonderoga engages will witness the 518-585-2821. more than 72,000 visitors each ABOUT FORT labor of liberty year and offers programs, hisTICONDEROGA as soldiers from toric interpretation, boat cruisThe Fort Ticonderoga Asso- the Continental es, tours, demonstrations, and ciation is an independent notexhibits throughout the year for-profit educational organi- Army bring to life this defining story and is open for daily visitation zation that serves its mission May through October. to ensure that present and fu- through military Fort Ticonderoga is open ture generations learn from the drill, historic trades, daily from May 7 through Oct. struggles, sacrifices, and victo- and fatigue duties 30, from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. ries that shaped the nations of such as carpentry.” General admission fees are North America and changed — Beth Hill Adults $22, Seniors $20 and world history. Children (age 5-12) $9. ChilIt serves this mission by predren age 4 and younger, members of Fort Tiserving and enhancing its historic structures, collections, gardens and landscapes; and edu- conderoga, and Ticonderoga Resident Ambascating the public as it learns about the history sador Pass holders are admitted free of charge.

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Memorial Day Celebrations REMEMBRANCE OF OUR fallen soldiers, sailors and aviators takes many forms, including parades, performances and acts honoring Old Glory. Shown here are, clockwise from right, the Brandon Girl Scouts and Brownies marching in the Brandon Memorial Day parade last May; members of the Mount Abraham Union High School a cappella group Sweet Transition performing the national anthem at the start of the citizen naturalization ceremony held at Beeman Elementary School in New Haven last month; the April naturalization ceremony getting under way with a color guard from American Legion Post 19 of Bristol; a century-long tradition continuing in Brandon last Memorial Day when the Flower Girls laid flowers at the base of Brandon’s Civil War Memorial to honor fallen servicemen and -women; Otter Valley Marching Band trumpet player Joey Scarborough playing taps last Memorial Day; the Post 19 color guard displaying the flag at last year’s Independence Day celebration in Bristol.

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(Continued from Page 2) An estimated 30,000 prisoners died in Flossenbürg and its subcamps, including 3,315 Jews. Jaeger then joined the 14th Armored Division as it entered what Czechoslovakia. Crowds greeted the Americans as liberators. On a bike ride in the area around the Czech town of Pilzen, he encountered a column of Nazi tanks, which surrendered to him immediately. His account of this story, which appeared in the Addison Independent earlier this month, is stored in the Library of Congress. After the war ended in the Pacific theater, Jaeger returned home to New York City. A stranger on the street saw him in uniform and offered to buy him breakfast. “America was united, proud of its soldiers and relieved the war was over,” Jae“It’s a great ger said. “America experience to sit was not divided.” Jaeger returned next to a tribal to school, finished chief who is his degree and contelling you about tinued at Harvard his problems for post-graduate with running studies where he a village, and attended the International and Global you realize Affairs program. they’re not too Future foreign polfar different icy advisers Henfrom the ry Kissinger and selectboard here Zbigniew Brzezinski were in classes in Middlebury. ahead of him. He There is took the Foreign community, Service exam and conflict and entered the service resolution. in Washington, Sometimes they D.C., collaborating win, other times with other government bodies on they lose.” reports assessing — George Jaeger the United States’ interests in foreign countries. It was a job that would take him to places such as Monrovia, Liberia. When asked what he enjoyed most about his job, he said the process of understanding other cultures. “It’s a great experience to sit next to a tribal chief who is telling you about his problems with running a village, and you realize they’re not too far different from the selectboard here in Middlebury,” he said in an interview last week. “There is community, conflict and resolution. Sometimes they win, other times they lose.” In 1989, Jaeger took a position at Middlebury College as diplomat in residence and retired in 1991. Today, at age 89, he continues to be a keen observer of U.S. foreign policy and global af-

GEORGE JAEGER, SHOWN here as an 18-year-old PFC, escaped his native Austria after it was taken over by the Nazis in 1938, but he returned to Europe while serving in the U.S. Army in World War II.

fairs. In the current election cycle, he maintains the relationship between the world’s three leading superpowers — the United States, China and Russia — is at a critical point, with each jockeying for a competitive edge against the other two. “There’s an inherent conflict between the notion of international law and perceived national interests,” he said. “It takes two to tango and the party is getting a little bit dicey.” In his speech at the Vergennes Memorial Day ceremony, he intends to touch on these issues, “very gingerly.” “Memorial Day is our expression of a fundamental need to honor those who fought for us,” he said. “This goes way back in our human history. People fight and die for human causes and it’s good for people’s souls to honor them.”

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Parades Vergennes Legion. (Continued from Page 1) All floats should arrive at Vergennes Union speaker at the ceremony after the parade will be World War II veteran George Jaeger of New High School at 9:30 a.m. Floats will be judged at 10:15 a.m. based on theme, workmanship, Haven (See story about Jaeger on Page 1). The parade starts at Vergennes Union High originality and general effect. For more information, contact Martha School at 11 a.m., and it winds its way through the streets of Vergennes until it finishes at the DeGraaf at marsulli@aol.com or the Legion at City Green around 1 p.m. Organizers work hard vergennespost14@gmail.com. to make sure that spectators will see lots of floats, BRISTOL Bristol American Legion will host its tractors, classic cars, firetrucks, and much more. Watch from anywhere along the parade traditional “small town” Memorial Day parade and related festivities. The route: Vergennes Union High charming event begins with School, Monkton Road, Main Awards for parade parade marchers stepping off Street (Route 22A), South participants will be from the entrance to Mount Maple Street, Victory Street, Abraham Union High School Green Street and the City announced on the at Airport Drive at 1 p.m. They Green. Plan ahead, as portions City Green at the will proceed eastward on West of these roads will be closed end of the parade. Street to the village green, to traffic from approximately Following the where Legion Post 19 will host 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Please do awards ceremony, its traditional Memorial Day not park at the high school. Ceremony. Awards for parade a chicken barbecue The parade will consist of participants will be announced will be held at the representatives from the Bristol on the City Green at the end Legion ($8). Police Department, Bristol Fire of the parade. Following the Department, Bristol Rescue awards ceremony, a chicken Squad, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, barbecue will be held at the Legion ($8). The theme for this year’s parade is “Honor Little League and other civic organizations. On the green, the Legion will feature a and Remember.” The parade will honor all the men and women who have served our speech with remarks appropriate to Memorial country during times of conflict. It is designed Day. As of press time the Bristol Legion was to appeal to veterans and our community. nailing down the speaker for the ceremony, Parade participants are strongly encouraged but officials said it would be either a senior to prominently display patriotic decorations to officer from the Vermont National Guard or an official from the Vermont Chapter of Exthe meet the parade purpose and theme. Parade participants are encouraged to fill POWs. Following the ceremony, there will be an out an entry form, which is available online at vergenes.org; hard copies are available at the open house at the Legion.

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