Veterans TALES OF BETRAYAL featuring USS Liberty Survivor DON PAGELER
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In collaboration with the Long Beach chapters of 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 and 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗢𝘂𝘁, Page Against The Machine is pleased to host a discussion with U.S. veterans to commemorate Armistice Day on 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 at 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺.
Armistice Day is commemorated every November 11th to mark the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The day officially became known as Veterans Day in the United States in 1954, thus changing both the name and focus of the original holiday.
While Veterans Day patriotically purports to honor the women and men who have served and sacrificed in the name of America's freedom and liberty, the US government has a sad and storied history of repaying that service with dishonorable and neglectful treatment.
The featured speaker will be 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗪. “𝗗𝗼𝗻” 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿 who served in the U.S. Navy as a Crypto-Technician 2nd Class and who witnessed and survived the 1967 Israeli military attack on the USS Liberty during the Six-Day War. The attack killed 34 crew members, wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.
Veterans 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮𝘀 and 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝘆 will also share their experience in the service, more relevant than ever as America's military forces are once again being deployed both at home and abroad under murky legal circumstances.
𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮𝘀 was a Corpsman in the US Navy from 1996-2001. She served mostly with the Marines in 29 Palms and was medically discharged. In addition to holding down a full-time job, she can be found every day of the week here on the streets in Long Beach and nearby communities on ICE patrols, Pro-Palestinian events including the weekly banner drop off the 405 and California Ave., and at various pop-up events she coordinates such as the “Ask A Veteran “project in front of military recruiter’s offices.
Former US Marine and Iraq war veteran, 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝘆 was an activated reservist and was deployed to Eastern Iraq in 2003. Two months later he was medi-vac.d out of Iraq and flown back to Camp Pendleton for surgery. Seeing how the Iraqis were suffering horribly for no good reason, and how his fellow servicemembers were being injured and killed for reasons that had nothing to do with 9-11, he soon he made the momentous decision to announce that he was gay during the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” era of the military, which would cause the military to release him.
Showtime Network made a documentary about his story, 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘪 : 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺, has been featured on CNN and authored, produced and acted in a one-man show in an Off-Broadway production of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯. He continues to share his talents with other veterans and families by producing one act plays of their own stories and has led many Warrior Writers projects.
The event is free and open to the public, no tickets or reservations required.
Armistice Day is commemorated every November 11th to mark the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The day officially became known as Veterans Day in the United States in 1954, thus changing both the name and focus of the original holiday.
While Veterans Day patriotically purports to honor the women and men who have served and sacrificed in the name of America's freedom and liberty, the US government has a sad and storied history of repaying that service with dishonorable and neglectful treatment.
The featured speaker will be 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗪. “𝗗𝗼𝗻” 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿 who served in the U.S. Navy as a Crypto-Technician 2nd Class and who witnessed and survived the 1967 Israeli military attack on the USS Liberty during the Six-Day War. The attack killed 34 crew members, wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.
Veterans 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮𝘀 and 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝘆 will also share their experience in the service, more relevant than ever as America's military forces are once again being deployed both at home and abroad under murky legal circumstances.
𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮𝘀 was a Corpsman in the US Navy from 1996-2001. She served mostly with the Marines in 29 Palms and was medically discharged. In addition to holding down a full-time job, she can be found every day of the week here on the streets in Long Beach and nearby communities on ICE patrols, Pro-Palestinian events including the weekly banner drop off the 405 and California Ave., and at various pop-up events she coordinates such as the “Ask A Veteran “project in front of military recruiter’s offices.
Former US Marine and Iraq war veteran, 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝘆 was an activated reservist and was deployed to Eastern Iraq in 2003. Two months later he was medi-vac.d out of Iraq and flown back to Camp Pendleton for surgery. Seeing how the Iraqis were suffering horribly for no good reason, and how his fellow servicemembers were being injured and killed for reasons that had nothing to do with 9-11, he soon he made the momentous decision to announce that he was gay during the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” era of the military, which would cause the military to release him.
Showtime Network made a documentary about his story, 𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘪 : 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺, has been featured on CNN and authored, produced and acted in a one-man show in an Off-Broadway production of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯. He continues to share his talents with other veterans and families by producing one act plays of their own stories and has led many Warrior Writers projects.
The event is free and open to the public, no tickets or reservations required.
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