SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS

SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS:

**SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS. ON MAY 30, 1963, TIBETAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WAS KNOWN TO US PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WHO PAID TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS.**

**SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS. ON MAY 28, 1984 TIBETAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WAS KNOWN TO US PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WHO PAID HIS TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS.**

**SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS. ON MAY 29, 2000 TIBETAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WAS KNOWN TO US PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WHO PAID TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS.**

Special Frontier Force – Memorial Day Tribute to Unknown Soldiers. On May 25, 2015, Tibetan Resistance Movement was known to President Barack Obama participating in a Memorial Day wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

**Special Frontier Force – Memorial Day Tribute to Unknown Soldiers. On January 19, 2017 Tibetan Resistance Movement was known to President-elect Trump as he paid his tribute to Unknown Soldiers.**

**SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS. ON JANUARY 19, 2017 TIBETAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WAS KNOWN TO 45th US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AS HE PAID TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN SOLDIERS.**

Special Frontier Force – Memorial Day Tribute to Unknown Soldiers.The Arlington National Cemetery observes its 150 anniversary with a wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial Amphitheater, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va., June 16, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza)

**SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE TO RESPECT, HONOR, AND CELEBRATE FALLEN SOLDIERS. TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.**

On Memorial Day, United States honors its citizens who have died in War. Originally commemorating soldiers killed in the American Civil War, the observance was later extended to all US war dead. The holiday is observed on the last Monday in the month of May and an official tradition began in 1971, the same year during which I had witnessed the death of some young soldiers who served in Special Frontier Force, which is known as Establishment No. 22 in India. Approximately, one million men and women died in defense of the United States since 1775. I cannot give a precise count of the men and women who died serving the cause of Freedom at Special Frontier Force.
The custom of honoring the graves of the war dead began before the close of the Civil War. In 1868, Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic issued a general order designating May 30, 1868 “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion.”

Tibetan soldiers with whom I served in Special Frontier Force died in the remote jungles of Chittagong Hill Tracts while our military action code-named ‘Operation Eagle’ initiated Liberation of Bangladesh during November – December 1971. We buried them or cremated them and our fallen comrades have no graves which I can visit for purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the sites where they died to defend the cause of Freedom. However, I am pleased to remember them and honor them on this Memorial Day for we fought our battles with weapons, ammunition, field gear, medical supplies, rations, radio sets, and other military supplies provided by the United States. We are partners with India and the United States to defend Tibet and restore its lost Freedom.

On this Memorial Day while I pay my tribute to honor memory of the fallen Tibetan soldiers of Special Frontier Force, I respectfully remind the US and India to renew our pledge to work in support of Peace, Justice, Freedom and Democracy in Occupied Tibet.

Rudranarasimham Rebbapragada
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162, USA
SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE