Lithuanians bid farewell to 4 US soldiers who died during training exercise
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U.S. Army soldiers and Lithuanian servicemen salute as they attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)People with U.S. and Lithuanian national flags attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)People with U.S. and Lithuanian national flags attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Lithuanian soldiers attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Lithuania's Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Kara C. McDonald, center, poses for a photo with U.S. Army officers holding a poster after a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, front center, U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Kara C. McDonald, third left, and Speaker of Lithuanian Parliament Saulius Skvernelis, fourth left, attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Lithuanian Army soldiers and people with U.S. and Lithuanian national flags attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)People with U.S. national flags attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)A motorcade of catafalques roll to attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)A motorcade of catafalques roll to attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)A motorcade of catafalques rolls to attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Kara C. McDonald, center left, and Speaker of Lithuanian Parliament Saulius Skvernelis, center right, attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)This combination of images shows from left, Army Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam, Army Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, Calif., Army Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., 25, of Joliet, Ill., and Army Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle Creek, Mich., who were killed in a training accident near Pabrad, Lithuania, in March 2025. (Department of Defense via AP)Lithuanian Army soldiers and children with U.S. and Lithuanian flags attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, front, attends a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Ambassador to Lithuania Kara C. McDonald and the wife of Lithuania's President, Diana Nausediene, back to a camera, embrace each other as Speaker of Lithuanian Parliament Saulius Skvernelis, left, stand near while attending a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Germany's Army soldiers with U.S. national flags attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, center, U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Kara C. McDonald, second left, and Speaker of Lithuanian Parliament Saulius Skvernelis, third left, attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)A Catholic priest makes a service in front of a motorcade of catafalques during a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)People with U.S. and Lithuanian national flags attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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U.S. Army soldiers and Lithuanian servicemen salute as they attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 3, 2025 for the US soldiers who died during training exercise. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)