Luke AFB hosts Days of Remembrance event

U.S. Air Force Col. Keegan McLeese, 56th Fighter Wing vice commander, speaks with Chris Cropps, 56th FW Chapel volunteer, during a Days of Remembrance event April 18, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Cropps was born in 1927 in Frankfurt, Germany, growing up during the rise of the Third Reich. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson)

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Luke AFB hosts Days of Remembrance event

U.S. Air Force Col. John Boyer, 56th Fighter Wing chaplain, offers the invocation during a Days of Remembrance event April 18, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Days of Remembrace is an annual event designated to offer opportunity to remember and reflect on stories of the Holocaust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson)

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Luke AFB hosts Days of Remembrance event

Published April 24, 2023
By Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson
56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Werner Salinger, Holocaust survivor and U.S. Air Force veteran, talks to Airmen at a Days of Remembrance event at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, April 18, 2023. Salinger was born in 1932 in Berlin and survived the Night of Broken Glass before immigrating to New York in 1939 and enlisting in the U.S. Air Force at the age of 19. The 56th Fighter Wing Diversity and Inclusion Team hosted the event, giving Airmen the opportunity to hear Salinger’s story. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson)