[PluggyRug]

My father, KIA 1942 RAF bomber command. Remembrance Day always has a special meaning.

[Tricks]

2Cdo 2Cdo:

Remembering all the friends I've lost since 9/11.

This as well. My grandfather came back without a scratch. I think he'd honestly want me to keep those who didn't make it back in my thoughts more.

[Alta_redneck]

I'll be remembering my dad with this tattoo, he was one of the lucky ones that came back home from being part of the liberation of Holland.

It took me sometime to realize what WW2 meant to him until the day I came home from school for lunch and he'd been in the rum already, and was messed up big time. All because of a simple thank you letter and a box of tulip bulbs that had arrived that day in the mail from Holland. That thank you letter meant everything to him.

That was the day I realized going off to war with a group of mostly farm boys from central Alberta was more than just an adventure.

Thank you Gnr. Curly Bill

[Gunnair]

Scape Scape:

Only family I recall that were in were myself and my stepfather who served on the Bonnie.

I'll be getting a tat here.

Tell me what you think of these guys. I'm looking at some new tattoos soon.

[martin14]

Gunnair Gunnair:

Scape Scape:

Only family I recall that were in were myself and my stepfather who served on the Bonnie.

I'll be getting a tat here.

Tell me what you think of these guys. I'm looking at some new tattoos soon.

I hear they are addictive.

[DrCaleb]

I will remember the 100,000+ men and women for whom Canada has asked that they lay down their lives for Her defence, in war and peacekeeping missions.

I will remember my Great Grandfathers' service in the Boer War. My Grandfather's service in WWI, where like James Doohan, he lost a finger from enemy rifle fire. My Father and Uncle's service in WWII, and his other brother who didn't come back. My Mom's father's service in WWII in the Merchant Marines escorting ships to England, and his son's service in the Cold War and Gulf War 1.

[rusty386]

my uncle who is buried in a Cemetery in Italy , he was with the 8CH

[martin14]

rusty386 rusty386:

my uncle who is buried in a Cemetery in Italy , he was with the 8CH

The article is very hard to read, but,

4th September 1944.

He is in Gradara War Cemetery, close to Rimini on the Adriatic side of Italy.


Looks like a nice place.

[rusty386]

yes he is in the Gradara site.

the letter is hard to read in that pic , the letter is from his unit telling his mom of his passing.

[Unsound]

I'll be thinking about all the m,ilitary people I've had the pleasure of knowing over the years. Whether casual drinks at the Crown and Anchor, or guys I played soccer with. Haven't kept in touch with any, but every time I hear about another death or injury in Afghanistan I worry that I'll recognize the name. Never have so far and hopefully I never will.

I'll also be thinking about both my grandfathers who were in the resistance in Denmark, but never got caught. And my dad's cousin who did. She survived the camp but spent the rest of her life with health problems brought on by the conditions there.

Lastly I'll be thinking about my kids and hoping that no one ever has to lay a wreath for them, and hoping the same for all other parents out there.

[raydan]

November 11th, for one day only.....

The NFB will put online a documentary filmed in March/2011 of the Van Doos in Afghanistan. Most of the soldiers talk French but I think that everything is sub-titled in English.

http://www.nfb.ca/playlist/22e-regiment-en-afghanistan/

[Curtman]

Tried to take the kids to the ceremony this year. BIG mistake. War broke out during the moment of silence.

What can we do to help get the message across to the 6 and 9 year old, because a two hour ceremony was a failure. We gave up at the laying of the wreaths.

[ShepherdsDog]

A friend of mine who is a serving member was at the ceremony with his two daughters and he said the the Occupy crowd was very respectful. The other day, he gave a speech at his girls' school about being in the military. He's heading back to Afghanistan this month for another tour, this time in a Kabul hospital rather than KAF. On an aside, has anyone else noticed the ad on CBC about the veterans, where they refer to the military vets having served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canadian navy and the Canadian Army? Was this an error on the CBC's behalf, leaving out the Royal in Royal Canadian Navy...not really a complaint, more of an observation.

[EyeBrock]

That's too long. The one I was a part of was 45 minutes and that was just right.

[SprCForr]

Wow, two hours is way too much. Was it mostly speeches or wreath laying?