luis israel who is originally from the netherlands. [applause] >> representing the country of new zealand is defense attache and world war ii veteran mr. harry] >> representing norway, major general finn christian and world war ii veteran, mr. james taylor. [applause] >> representing the country of poland, its defense. military, and air attache and holocaust survivor, miss helena peabody. [applause] >> representing the country of russia, mr. maxim, acting military atache and accompanying him is world war ii veteran -- [applause] >> representing slovakia acccompanied by mrs. lawrence shelby reynolds. [applause] >> representing the country of south africa, its ambassador. accompanying him world war ii veteran mr. clarence anderson. [applause] >> representing the country of turkmenistan, its ambassador. and world war ii veteran mr. clarence walters. [applause] >> representing the country of ukraine, yaroslav. accompanied by world war ii veteran miko koven. [applause] >> representing the united kingdom, major general richard bridwell who is accompanied by mr. alex kershaw and world war ii veteran mr. john nair. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen