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Oct 18, 2013 · The cadets were from Ireland, fresh-faced 18- and 19-year-olds who, just a day earlier, had been whisked from their barracks on a remote, wind-swept plain in County Kildare to travel, along with ...
Mar 12, 2024 · "Your honor guard made me feel proud to tears," wrote Frank Gulland, a salesman from Ohio, The Associated Press reported ahead of the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's funeral.
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Oct 5, 2013 · The teenage Irish cadets who were invited to the funeral of John F. Kennedy at Arlington cemetery at the special request of Jacqueline Kennedy remember that solemn day vividly 50 years after it ...
Jul 11, 2023 · On Nov 25, 1963, 26 Irish Army Cadets performed "the Funeral Drill" at the graveside of President John F. Kennedy. Sixty years later five of those Irish cadets attended the launch of EPIC Musuem's ...
Nov 23, 2013 · President Kennedy was so impressed with the cadets during a visit to Ireland that Jackie Kennedy asked them to perform their solemn salute at his funeral.
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Apr 17, 2023 · Just teenagers at the time they formed a guard of honor at the graveside of a US President, the Irish Army cadets who performed the final salute for President John F. Kennedy can still hardly ...
Irish Army Guard, drawn from the 37th Cadet Class of the Irish Army, performs 'Rifle drill' ceremony as Honor Guard holds stretched flag over grave. (They were invited by Mrs. Kennedy, as JFK had been impressed by the cadets during his recent visit to his ancestral home. ) After the drill they march away from the graveside.
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