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Submitted by
Name: Dana Jones
From: Edmonton, AB
E-mail: dmakey@shaw.ca
Comments:
Hi Brian. My Dad was also with 28COD and says he remembers your father Earl very well. Are your father's ashes interred on top of one of the mountain peaks at Siffler Falls? For those that aren't familiar the place, it is near Jasper, AB and is dedicated to the Canadian Airborne. Many Airborne Vetrans converge on the area every June for a yearly cememony. It is truely a beautiful area. Thank you to all our Vetrans.
Added: November 11, 2009
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Submitted by
Name: Brian Scott
From: Whitecourt Alberta
E-mail: bvscott@telus.net
Comments:
Looking at the aerial photos of Shilo bring back fond memories. My parents Earl and Betty along with my brother Curtis lived at 4 Stonehenge road from 1950 until 1965 shen we moved to Germany. Dad was with 28 COD Depot
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Submitted by
Name: Bill Brown
From: Kingston
Comments:
For the first time in years I almost forgot Remembrance Day, and my father who left us in 1991 and was all over Europe in the Second World War.

The reason I almost forgot was my Father In law was buried today. This was very upsetting time for my wife Junaita and her family and myself of course. Everyone is taking comfort in knowing he is out of pain and in a better place.

Bill
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Submitted by
Name: barbara willerton
From: vancouver island
E-mail: barb-l@shaw.ca
Comments:
I just got in from the remberance day service in Parksville B.C. My dad,and my daughters went every year since we have been in B.C. It is just me and my girls now. I miss you Dad, and I honor you.
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Submitted by
Name: wpgchap
From: wpg
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To my dad and the others who helped him win the war:

"Till the war drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled
In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.

"There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe,
And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapped in univeral law."

(Tennyson - Locksley Hall)
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Submitted by
Name: Faye Helgason Linseman
From: Ottawa
E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com
Comments:
Today, I'd like to thank my dad, Helgi Helgason, for being part of the reason I can call myself free.
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Submitted by
Name: faye Helgason
From: Ottawa
E-mail: fayeh51@yahoo.com
Comments:
two words.......OH WOW.!
Added: November 9, 2009
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Submitted by
Name: Lucienne (Arsenault) Pitre
Comments:
A lesson that should be taught in all schools and colleges.

Back in September, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.

When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

'Ms.. Cothren, where're our desks?'

She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'

'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.'

She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.

By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.

Twenty-seven (27) War Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall... By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..

Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'

By the way, this is a true story.
Added: November 8, 2009
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Submitted by
Name: Marilyn (Jenkins) Odegard
E-mail: marilyn.odegard@shaw.ca
Comments:
Lived at:

42 Kingston - 1963-70 Tom, Marilyn, Cindy, Bonnie Jenkins

69 Kingston - 1970-75 Tom, Marilyn, Cindy, Bonnie, Wendy Jenkins
Added: November 4, 2009
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Submitted by
Name: Turk
From: Victoria
E-mail: mturk204@shaw.ca
Comments:
All moved in and a bright sunny day here in Victoria. Welcome to fall and I must now cut my grass.
Cheers
Turk
Added: November 1, 2009
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