VILNIUS, Lithuania –2nd Lt. Leo Matthews, Able Company,
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VILNIUS, Lithuania –2nd Lt. Leo Matthews, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat (Airborne), stand in formation during the Lithuanian Armed Forces Day Parade Nov. 23. The parade celebrated the 98th birthday of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Lithuania gained its independence on Feb. 16, 1918. On Nov. 23, 1918, less than two weeks after the end of World War I, newly-elected Lithuanian Prime Minister, Augustinas Voldemaras, signed Order No. 1, which formed the armed forces of the newly-independent nation.
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2000 - 2022
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