Capt. Spenser Swafford, Fire Support Officer assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and Lithuanian Liaison Officer Lt. Emile Mazeikaite, Griffin Brigade, read a stone marker placed in the forest Lithuanian freedom fighters occupied for over ten years as they gained their independence from the Soviet Union. Swafford, along with his fellow volunteers, visited the historical site on March 13, 2021, after helping to hang bird houses with military cadets from the General Povilas Plechavicius cadet lyceum.

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