"The B's will be holding their annual Military Appreciation Night during the Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs game and the American-born players pooled over $15,000 to purchase 300 tickets to be distributed to active military members and veterans through various military organizations, including Boston Warriors Hockey, a program that is dedicated to engaging disabled and non-disabled U.S. military veterans in the game of hockey."
"Jeremy Swayman grew up with a deep appreciation of what the military has meant to the preservation of this country and the freedoms it protects. He said is grandfather, Bertram Swayman, enlisted in 1942 when he was 18 years old and was part of the 11th wave at D-Day, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was part of the forces that helped liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp."
""I see his medals and his purple hearts and we have his flag in my Dad's house in Arizona," said Swayman. "It's something I've always grown up looking up to and really respect. He was serving our country when he was 18 years old and without his sacrifice, I for sure wouldn't be here, let alone my Dad and our family, so that's something I really look up to and celebrate.""
Bruins players organized an annual Military Appreciation Night during the Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs game and American-born players pooled over $15,000 to buy 300 tickets. The tickets will be distributed to active military members and veterans through various military organizations, including Boston Warriors Hockey, which engages disabled and non-disabled U.S. military veterans in hockey. Jeremy Swayman described deep family ties to military service, noting his grandfather Bertram enlisted in 1942, fought at D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, and helped liberate Buchenwald. Matt Eversmann, a Mogadishu raid survivor, will attend the event as a guest.
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