The award ceremony was a joint effort of Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan, Naira Hovsepyan (the mother of Combat Cross awardee Gevorg Arshakyan) and human rights activist Siranush Sahakyan.
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Remembering Senior Lt. Gevorg Arshakyan: Friend, patriot, hero
Cristopher Patvakanian
When I was a junior in high school, I wrote an essay about Philip Zane Darch, the first soldier from my hometown Watertown, to die in World War II. Darch was just 18 years old when he lost his life defending the U.S. in Pearl Harbor, and his bravery, sacrifice and patriotism was an inspiration to me for the rest of my life. He was someone who answered the call to action and was willing to die for his family and country to be protected and safe. In short, he was a hero. Years later, I guess it was fate that I’d meet another hero like Darch thousands of miles away, in Yerevan, Armenia during the summer of 2018. And that hero was Senior Lt. Gevorg Arshakyan.