Participants in the Memorial Service:
City of Unalaska
Mayor Vince Tutiakoff

Wreaths by:
GCI

Unalaska Native Fisherman’s Association
Anatoly Fomin

U.S. Coast Guard:
Unalaska Marine Safety Detachment

Raising Service Flags:
Air Force: Peter Withers
Army: TBD
Navy: Nick Lekanoff
USMC: TBD
POW: Haliehana Stepetin

Memorial ParkPreparations:
City of Unalaska, Dept. of Parks, Culture and Recreation
Department of Public Works, Maintenance

Unangan Survivors of World War II
Gert Svarny
Kathy Grimness
Tiny Bereskin
Sergie Krukoff, Sr.
Neon Merculieff
Anastasia Merculieff

City of Unalaska Memorial Park

Front Beach Road
May 30, 2022
10:00 AM

Organized by the Ballyhoo Lions Club

Thank you to GCI for providing the flower arrangements
MEMORIAL DAY

SERVICE

Introduction of the Mayor:
Jim Wilson, Ballyhoo Lions Club

National Moment of Remembrance: (one minute of silence)
Mayor Vince Tutiakoff for the White House Commission
on Rememberance

Presentation and Raising of the Colors:
Color Guard, U.S. Coast Guard MSD Unalaska

Singing of the Stat Spangled Banner:

Introduction of the Mayor:
Jim Wilson, Ballyhoo Lions Club

National Moment of Remembrance: (one minute of silence)
Mayor Vince Tutiakoff for the White House Commission
on Rememberance

Presentation and Raising of the Colors:
Color Guard, U.S. Coast Guard MSD Unalaska

Singing of the Stat Spangled Banner:
TBD

Raising Service Flags:
Current Service Members and Military Veterans

Opening remarks and Intoductions:
Mayor Vince Tutiakoff, City of Unalaska

Invocation:
Father Evon Bereskin, Holy Ascension Orthodox Cathedral

Memorial Reading:
Pastor Matt Reinders, United Methodist Church

Memorial Reading:
Jorge Alvarado, Unalaska Christian Fellowship

Memorial Reading:
Jake Whitaker, Unalaska Reform Church
Memorial Reading:
Bong Tungul, St. Christopher by the Sea

Fisherman’s Poem:
Anatoly Fomin, Unalaska Native Fisherman’s Association

Presentation of Wreath to Fisherman’s Memorial:
Anatoly Fomin, Unalaska Native Fisherman’s Association

Reading of the Names Honoring Unangan Survivors of the WWII
Relocation:
Mayor Vince Tutiakoff, City of Unalaska

Presentation of Wreath to the WWII Memorial:
Gert Svarny and Caleb Livingston

Tolling of the bell while reading the list of deceased persons
(within the last year)

Reading of the names:
Mayor Vince Tutiakoff

The bell tolls two additional times:
 Once for all who have given their lives on the Bering Sea
or in defense of their country
 Once for victims of terrorism throughout the world

History of the Berin Sea Patrol:
U.S. Coast Guard MSD

Presentation of Wreath to the Coast Guard Memorial:
U.S. Coast Guard MSD

Closing Remarks:
Senator Dan Sullivan