Canadian Maj. Gen. Denis Thompson, Multinational Force
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Canadian Maj. Gen. Denis Thompson, Multinational Force and Observers Force Commander, and his senior enlisted adviser, U.S. Command Sgt. Maj. Alexis Shelton of Task Force Sinai deliver a wreath to a display in honor of the 100th anniversary ceremony of ANZAC Day. In the somber dawn service, members of the Task Force Sinai and the MFO came together with their Australian and New Zealand counterparts to pay tribute to the more than 10,000 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) service members who lost their lives in war in 1915. The Remembrance Ceremony marked the 100th Anniversary to the day when Anzacs set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula April 25, 1915. The campaign lasted eight months and cost Australia 8,000 Soldiers and more than 2,700 were lost by the New Zealanders. (Photo By: U.S. Army Sgt. Alexander Oliver)
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