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Everyone has a Story to tell.Richard Hilton. I was born in Vancouver in 1916, but I was raised in

Winnipeg, Manitoba. When I was called to the Second World War, I

was way up in the Yukon working on a Gold Dredge and had to wait

until spring break-up before I could head south.

I joined the First Special Service Force, a joint American-Canadian

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you name it, until we were expert commandos. After that, we started

chasing trouble all over the globe, first to Norway, then to the Aleutians,

then over to Casablanca and Algiers.

The worst fighting for us, though, began in December of 1943, when

we headed into the mountains of Italy. With our training, we could

accomplish what others thought was impossible. We scaled up the

steep cliffs on the back side of Mount La Defensa and caught the Nazis

by surprise, knocking out one of their key defensive positions. After

that, we were assigned to more combat missions in those mountains.

Everywhere we went, we won everything we fought for. We became

known as The Devil’s Brigade. Years later, in 1968, they would make a

movie about us by that very name.

We were there at the Mussolini Canal at Anzio early in 1944. We

could patrol at night, but we spent long days - 99 long days - in the

same fox hole. Then we were spearheading the capture of Rome,

taking 9 bridges over the Tiber River along our way. When we

left Italy, we continued on into France where we stayed until the war

was over.

We’re credited with being the forerunners of such famous outfits as the

Green Berets and the Navy Seals. I keep in touch regularly with a few

close friends and annual reunions are still held.

After the war, it was back to Canada and British Columbia. The very

best decision I ever made was marrying my wife, Molly. It’s been 63

years and we’ve had a great time together, living our lives and raising our

family. Over the years, I worked as an accountant, a logger and, finally,

as a real estate agent before my retirement here on Vancouver Island.

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Top right inset photo: Poster from the movie Devil’s Brigade, 1968.

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illian Wright didn’t quite make the ‘big one,’ but the Courtenay resident did serve as a United Nations peacekeeper in Cypress in the mid-’70s.

His father, Robert, served as a petty officer with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1939 to ‘45 during the Second World War while his eldest son, also named Robert, did a tour of duty in Afghanistan and is now an RCMP officer in southern Alberta.

“The two Roberts around me spent time in combat theatres, and lowly ole’ me just was a peacekeeper,” said Wright, 60, who is the social director and an active member of the Comox District Mountaineering Club (CDMC). “But thatwas my tie-in to Roger Schjelderup.”

When Wright was serving as a lance corporal with the Princess Pats, Schjelderup was a colonel in the same regiment. One of the most decorated officers in the Canadian Army during the Second World War, Schjelderup is a past member of the CDMC who eventu-ally succumbed to war-related injuries.

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said. “There was a connec-tion in the club with the military and service.”

Along with Schjelderup, Sid Williams and Geoffrey Capes were CDMC mem-bers. Capes is a club founder who emigrated from Eng-land to Vancouver in 1911. After serving overseas with the Canadian Army, Capes brought his family to the Comox Valley in 1920, work-ing first as an accountant at the Soldiers Settlement Board office in Merville and later at the Courtenay Builders Supply Company. There is a park, lake and a home named after him.

“The three of them (in 1937) were the third ascent of the Golden Hinde, which is the highest mountain on Vancouver Island,” Wright said.

It was because of Capes’ daughter, Katherine, that Ruth Masters became a club member in 1938. Masters, a well-known conservationist who has twice been named Comox Valley’s Citizen of the Year, was a member of the RCAF Women’s Divi-sion, stationed in London, England from 1943—’46 as an administration sergeant. She is the eldest member of the CDMC.

“We have many members

that served overseas, like Dick Idiens, who was a co-founder of the club who was killed in the war in a train-ing mission. He was in the air force and he was killed on a plane.”

Idiens was 34 when he

was killed April 28, 1944 in a crash over England. Like Capes, he has a lake named in his honour, located on a ridge near the Comox Gla-cier. His name is also com-memorated at Idiens Way.

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The Comox Air Force Museum presents an oppor-tunity for the public to stroll through a timeline of 20th

century warfare with a West Coast focus.

Numerous photographs and artifacts help depict the First World War, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Pacific Coast War, and

Comox in the early years from 1942 to ‘45 and during the nuclear threat of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Other displays include Japanese Balloon Bombs, the Women’s Divi-sion and 442 Squadron.

Displays do not change specifically for Remem-brance Day, but pictures are reconfigured in the art gallery.

“This year we’ll be show-ing bomber command because of the 17,000 RCAF guys killed in the Second World War, 10,000 of them

were killed on bombers,” said Col. (ret.) Jon Ambler, the museum’s program manager and volunteer co-ordinator. “That was where the big suffering was and the big losses.”

Along with preserving the history and heritage of the Canadian Air Force, the museum supports organiza-tions such as Legions that participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies.

“They may need a uni-form, they may need a helmet,” Ambler said. “The

Legion is special in that respect.”

Schools also benefit from loaned materials and from the expertise of Ambler, the former commander of CFB Comox who speaks annually to students at Courtenay Elementary school.

“It’s all part of it,” he said. About 40 volunteers help

operate the museum, which accommodates 10,000 to 12,000 visitors each year.

Besides the displays, the museum features an avia-tion library, a store, a Heri-

tage Air Park and the Y2K ‘Roseland’ Spitfire, a part-nership with Vintage Wings of Canada.

“A museum is like a gar-den,” Ambler said. “It’s daily tending.”

Located outside the gates at CFB Comox, the Comox Air Force Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues-day to Sunday. Admission is by donation.

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Each year, secondary school students across the Comox Valley play an important role in presenting Remembrance Day assem-blies that connect youth with veterans.

This year is no different, and many reflective presen-

tations are planned for this Thursday.

Georges P. Vanier Sec-ondary School holds a traditional ceremony each Remembrance Day.

“We run a ritual assem-bly, so to speak, kind of like what you would see on Comox Avenue or near the Sid Williams Theatre on the 11th,” said leadership teacher Tim Krutzmann. “Ceremony is something we sorely lack within our culture now for a variety of reasons. A lot of students can’t get to or won’t get to

the ceremony, so we try to give them ceremony.”

Vanier’s ceremony will include bagpipers piping in the procession, which will include school administra-tors, the student government prime minister, cadets, a representative from 19 Wing Comox and the Royal Cana-dian Legion Colour Guard.

This is the first year Vanier will have a speaker from 19 Wing, according to Krutzmann, noting he will speak about the Canadian effort in Afghanistan.

The ceremony will include

a guest from the Legion speaking about the Poppy Campaign, a reading of In Flanders Field, the laying of wreaths and the Last Post.

“There will be a four-min-ute video that’s very emo-tional, connecting veterans of the 20th century with veterans of the 21st century,” said Krutzmann.

Mark R. Isfeld Sec-ondary School is doing something a little dif-ferent this year.

For the past few years, the school has presented assemblies to smaller groups several times during the day, but this year, there will be one full-school assembly at 11 a.m.

They have more than 20 cadets at the school, and many will be involved in a cadet march-in, explained principal Bill Village.

The assembly will also include a speaker from 19 Wing Comox, a monologue and drama presentation, a student playing the Last Post, the school choir singing and a number by the senior band, he noted.

“There will be a seven-minute presentation around the involvement of aborigi-nal soldiers in major con-

flicts, which I think is really interesting,” said Village.

Students at Highland Secondary School are very involved in presenting their Remembrance Day assembly.

“Last year went really well, so we’re hoping that

again this year, it will be a really reflective assembly,” said teacher-librarian Tami Jerome.

Highland will hold an assembly at 10:05 a.m.

Grade 12 students Katie Symonds and Spencer Ball will MC the assembly.

Michael Martel will nar-rate a presentation about aboriginal veterans.

Nathaniel Johnson will sing O Canada, while Joel Riemer will play the Last Post.

There will be representa-tives from the Royal Cana-dian Legion, and there will be a short piece on High-land graduate Cpl. Andrew

(Boomer) Eykelenboom, who was killed by a suicide bomber in 2006 while serv-ing as a medic in Afghani-stan.

“We have a video overview of Canada’s involvement in various wars from World

War I to present day,” said Jerome.

Lake Trail Second-ary School will hold an assembly at 10:30 a.m.

There will student presentations featur-ing a slideshow and video and perfor-mances by the school choir and band,

explained vice-principal David Mayert.

As well, representatives from the Royal Canadian Legion and 19 Wing Comox will be at Lake Trail to par-ticipate in a wreath-laying ceremony, he noted.

At Cumberland Junior School, there will be a school-wide assembly at 9 a.m. in the gym.

“We’ve invited the Legion, who always come,” said prin-cipal Phil Maund.

There will also be a guest from 19 Wing Comox, who will speak about what Remembrance is, he explained.

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“My RCAF wartime expe-riences were the adventure of my life.”

That’s what Comox Valley activist Ruth Masters told Hazel Lennox in Lennox’ Us Dames Have Come a Long Way book.

Given the amazing adven-tures the feisty and fun-lov-ing 91-year-old Masters has lived, that’s quite the state-ment. But she has the keen memory and photo albums to back it up.

Masters joined the RCAF Women’s Division in 1942 and went to Toronto for her training. “The women’s depot was on Jarvis Street, which was the red light area. Everyone from Toronto blinks when I tell them I got my training on Jarvis Street,” Masters recalled with a laugh.

After a year and a half at CFB Uplands (about five miles outside of Ottawa) Masters was sent to Halifax. “It was as cold as Greenland in December of 1943 when we got to Halifax. They put us in a men’s barracks and we all rushed to the wash-room. There were yards and miles of troughs for men to piddle in. It wasn’t exactly

a heroic sendoff,” Masters chuckled.

The seriousness of the war was made immediately apparent when Masters was sailing to London, England. “There was between 8,000 and 8,500 on board. The first announcement they made was that if anybody fell overboard they weren’t

going to risk the lives of the others by turning around to pick them up. So you better not fall overboard,” Masters recalled.

The Second World War was “a nice war,” for Mas-ters. “I got thousands of miles of free travel and I didn’t have to kill anybody and they didn’t get me,” she said of her time as an administrative sergeant in charge of the orderly room (RCAF headquarters) in London, England. “I was no flaming hero. I mostly spent the time heroically shining the seat of my skirt. It was just the way it was.”

Her perspective on the

war is a testimony to the valiant spirit that has earmarked Masters’ life. Consider she survived 14 months of steady bomb-ing during The Blitz. “That was a psychological shock. The whole sky lit up with bombs and planes chasing each other and flak. And you think, ‘If those guys up there

aren’t careful they’re going to kill us.’ Then you real-ize that’s essentially what they’ve come to do,” she said.

“We were boarded out all over London so one bomb wouldn’t take out the whole RCAF overseas headquar-ters. When we got to work in the morning we’d do a hasty check to see what friends were missing. We all thought we’d be seeing the pearly gates ahead of our time.

“One day I walked to work and almost a block was missing ... gone ... just rubble. There were about a dozen or so people stand-ing around the outskirts. A policeman told me to move

on because the people there were waiting for the bod-ies to be brought out of this mess so they could identify them,” Masters said.

“I was very lucky actually. There were 12,000 or 14,000 killed in London while we were there. When you went to bed at night you never knew if you’d be waking up in the morning. I got so I’d sleep through a bomb-ing raid. I explained to my friend it must be because myconscience was so clear and my thoughts so pure. I didn’t get very far with that expla-nation,” Masters chuckled.

Her secret to surviving the bombing was unique. “It was too far to run to an air raid shelter in the dark. So I just stayed in bed with a pillow above my head and below my head.”

A constant companion in London was Masters’ trusty $20 (“A ton of money back then.”) Kodak Vigilant cam-era.

“We weren’t allowed to have cameras. They were very strict. But I kept mine, so I’ve got pictures that nobody else has,” said Masters, adding she hid her camera in her cleavage. “Nobody noticed my expand-ed bust line,” she recalled with a smile. One of her

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more memorable Kodak moments was snapping a photo of King George VI.

“I could have swatted the king I was so close when he came for the victory celebra-tion at Albert Hall and I had my camera. I said, ‘Official RCAF photographer,’ and this seven-foot cop let me go by.

“When I got in, there was the real RCAF photographer. But he quickly tumbled to what I was up to. He said, ‘You can stoop in front of me and I’ll shoot over your head.’ This is what we did and I got a picture of the king shaking hands. He was a very nice, handsome man,” Masters said.

“The best part of it was after the war ended the rush to get back to Canada was just overwhelming. A bunch of us that had no reason to hurry home waived our (repat) number and let oth-ers go first. So I was there an extra year in Britain (after the war). To reward us for our sacrifice in let-ting others go first, we had a moral leadership course in Stratford On Avon for a

week or so. Then a week in Paris, a week in Switzerland and then over to Holland. That was where to go with a Canadian badge. They near-ly fell at our feet,” Masters

said, noting Canadian forces liberated Holland from the Nazis.

Masters has not forgotten her fallen comrades. Every Nov. 11 the provincial gov-ernment honours the war sacrifices of British Colum-bians by naming geographi-cal features after them. “I think I’ve named 50 features on the Island; 10 of them for guys we lost in the war,” she said, citing Cyril Cotting-ham and Barnett Harvey as two examples.

She has been back to

Europe two or three times and recommends that any-one travelling there visit one of the many Canadian cem-eteries. “I always go to ... the cemetery at Brookwood just outside of Woking in Sur-rey. A friend of mine (Dick Idiens) is buried there,” she said, referring to the man who was the first she dedi-cated a lake to in Strathcona Provincial Park.

Masters, who every Wednesday for many years has taken her harmonica to entertain patients at the extended care unit at St. Joseph’s General Hospital (“First a hymn for the sin-ners and then I play some-thing cheerful.”), was very happy to return to Canada in 1946 when her overseas adventures were over. “I remember I got back and said, ‘I’m glad to be here; I’m glad to be anywhere.’”

Still living in the house she built 50 years ago with Veteran Affairs money, Mas-ters summed up her tour of duty succinctly: “I always say it wasn’t your average overseas vacation.”

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He was getting old and paunchyAnd his hair was falling fast,And he sat around the Legion,Telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought inAnd the deeds that he had done,In his exploits with his buddies;They were heroes, every one.

And ‘tho sometimes to his neighbors

His tales became a joke,All his buddies listened quietlyFor they knew where of he spoke.

But we’ll hear his tales no longer,For ol’ Bob has passed away,And the world’s a little poorerFor a Soldier died today.

He won’t be mourned by many,Just his children and his wife.For he lived an ordinary,Very quiet sort of life.

He held a job and raised a family,Going quietly on his way;And the world won’t note his

passing,‘Tho a Soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth,

Their bodies lie in state,While thousands note their passing,And proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life storiesFrom the time that they were youngBut the passing of a SoldierGoes unnoticed, and unsung.

Is the greatest contributionTo the welfare of our land,Some jerk who breaks his promiseAnd cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellowWho in times of war and strife,Goes off to serve his countryAnd offers up his life?

The politician’s stipendAnd the style in which he lives,Are often disproportionate,To the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Soldier,Who offered up his all,Is paid off with a medalAnd perhaps a pension, small.

It is not the politiciansWith their compromise and ploys,Who won for us the freedomThat our country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger,With your enemies at hand,Would you really want some cop-

out,With his ever waffling stand?

Or would you want a Soldier —His home, his country, his kin,Just a common Soldier,Who would fight until the end.

He was just a common Soldier,And his ranks are growing thin,But his presence should remind usWe may need his like again.

For when countries are in conflict,We find the Soldier’s partIs to clean up all the troublesThat the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honorWhile he’s here to hear the praise,Then at least let’s give him

homageAt the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simply headlineIn the paper that might say:“OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,A SOLDIER DIED TODAY.”

— Author unknownCPL. ANDREW EYKELENBOOM of Comox was mourned after he was killed by a suicide bomber

in Afghanistan in 2006.

A Soldier Died Today

Lindsay ChungRecord Staff

Veterans and serving Canadian Forces personnel across the country are shar-ing their stories with schools

and community groups across the country through the Memory Project Speak-ers Bureau.

An initiative of the His-torica Dominion Institute, the Memory Project Speak-

ers Bureau puts a human face to Canadian military history, as thousands of men and women volunteer their time to speak about their experiences serving Canada throughout the year, but particularly around Remem-brance Day.

The Memory Project is always looking to recruit new volunteers, and as part of those efforts, it hosted a community Lunch and Learn event at CFB Comox last week — its first visit to Comox.

The reception acknowl-edged the contributions of current Memory Project volunteers while recruiting new ones. Canadian Forces personnel, veterans from the Second World War and the Korean War, family, friends and supporters attended the event.

The Memory Project Speakers Bureau is one of Historica Dominion Insti-tute’s longest-running, largest and most successful programs, according to out-reach co-ordinator Alyssa Armstrong.

Canada’s largest vet-eran and current Canadian Forces speakers bureau, the Memory Project connects veterans and currently-serv-ing soldiers with classrooms

and community groups across the country. More than 1,500 veteran volun-teers represent a wide range of Canadian conflicts and tours from the Second World War to the Korean War to peacekeeping operations to Afghanistan.

The Memory Project was founded in 2001 through the

efforts of two Second World War veterans, John Kirk-patrick and Grant McRae, explained Armstrong.

“These gentlemen were living in Toronto at the time and going on visits informally, and they decided wouldn’t it be fantastic if we could pull together a group of speakers who would be

available in their own com-munities throughout the country to go on visits and share their stories of service with students and commu-nity organizations,” she said.

To kickstart the program, the Dominion Institute con-ducted a national poll, and it was found that the idea of

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See MEMORY, page 17

Continued from page 16a centralized speakers bureau featuring veterans and currently-serving Cana-dian Forces members would be welcome in schools across Canada, according to Arm-strong.

“The Memory Project Speakers Bureau became an effective tool for education, and by bringing a real-life veteran into their classroom, teachers can reinforce the lessons that they provide,” she said.

“Basically, as a volunteer, you act as a human face to the history that students in Canada and different mem-bers of the public in Canada might read about.

“These first-hand experi-ences shine a light, not only on history, but also on cur-rent affairs, so we find it very important and a very excellent, enriching service that we are able to provide.

“Many teachers ask to bring a speaker to their class to discuss current events, geography, history and many of our speakers are more than happy to do so,” added Armstrong. “Regardless of whether you have served in Afghanistan or not, every person who has served Canada has a story to share; we are convinced

of that.”The Memory Project

Speakers Bureau is celebrat-ing its 10th anniversary this year.

“Through the dedication of our speakers and the enthusiasm of our teach-ers, the Memory Project has grown significantly over

the past 10 years and has become the official school speakers bureau of the Royal Canadian Legion,” said Armstrong. “We are growing. Of our 5,000 school visits in total, 2,000 occurred between 2008 and 2011. This increase in visits culmi-nated in 2009 with the cel-ebration of having reached one million students since 2001 when the program was founded. These milestones are a testament to our speakers who give so gener-ously of their time.”

The Memory Project is the largest volunteer regis-try of its kind, and it sends speakers to an average of 700 schools and community

groups nationwide each year, reaching on average 175,000 Canadians, according to Armstrong.

“Through the success of the Memory Project and the work our speakers have done, we’ve been able to help increase awareness of Can-ada’s military history and

military contributions and bring about a better sense of appreciation for our vet-erans and currently-serving Canadian Forces,” she said.

As the Historica Domin-ion Institute works to bring the Memory Project across Canada from coast to coast, Armstrong says it’s no secret the face of the Canadian Forces and of the veterans who volunteer is changing.

“We are sadly losing many Second World War vol-unteers,” she said. “Over the past three years, we have seen a marked increase in the number of requests from teachers asking for a serv-ing member of the Canadian Forces to visit their class.

But of course we are always looking to recruit Second World War veterans to join the bureau to share their stories as well.

“We are certainly seeking more diversity, and we are seeing more diversity, more women, younger faces, in the Canadian Forces. These newer veterans and Canadi-an Forces personnel have so much to teach young Cana-dians, not just on Remem-brance Day. When you combine the power of our Second World War veterans, our Korean War veterans, our peacekeeping veterans and anyone who’s served Canada all the way up to present-day Afghanistan and people who’ve been on tours right here in Canada, it really sends a powerful message.”

In 2009, Historica Domin-ion Institute launched another program called Memory Project: Stories of the Second World War.

“This digital archive is the largest oral history of its kind in Canada,” said Arm-strong.

“The program gives every living Second World War veteran a chance to have his or her story recorded and memorabilia digitized so that it is preserved online

and it is 100 per cent acces-sible to the public.”

This summer, Canadian Heritage announced more than $1.2 million to continue the project and expand it to include Stories of the

Korean War. To learn more about the

Memory Project Speakers Bureau, visit www.thememo-ryproject.com or call 1-866-701-1867.

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Since 1918, The War Amps philosophy has been to ‘accentuate the positive’ in facing and overcoming an amputation.

This is the theme of the 2011 address label mailing in B.C.

A positive attitude is what allowed war ampu-tees to lay the groundwork for a remarkable set of programs that continue to this day. This attitude has in turn been embraced by members of the War Amps

Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, such as the young boy who lost a leg in a lawn-mower accident who helps spread the PLAYSAFE mes-sage to other children.

Local Champs include Roy Hemmerich, 14, of Comox, who was born a right arm amputee below the elbow. The Grade 9 student at Mark Isfeld Secondary plays hockey and is a passionate freestyle skier, assisted by a new myoelectric specialized arm with sensors. Roy was a junior counsellor at the 2011 CHAMP seminar in Vancou-

ver, where he offered advice to young attendees.

“I think being a counsellor is really great because you get to help younger ampu-tees with their problems,” Roy said. “And you also have a great time sharing stories and connecting with the other counsellors.”

Lewis Jeon, 11, of Cour-tenay, and Elijah Sulz, 7, of Union Bay, attended the same seminar. Lewis is a right hand amputee who demonstrated his violin device while Elijah is a right leg amputee who showed his

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I served for 32 years in the RCAF/CF as a navigator; with much of it here in Comox at 19 Wing. My fi nal tour of duty was in Germany from where I was deployed to the Middle East during Gulf War 1 in 1990. When I retired in 1993 I became a Realtor & am very proud of the work & service I have provided to the many Military Families as they dealt with the stresses of relocating.

Anne & I have 3 grown children; and 5 grandchildren. In the past I have served as the president of the North Island Branch FSNA (Federal Superannuates Association). I have also been the chairman of the annual “Christmas Dream Program” that helped those in need during the holiday season. I am also on the executive of the First Open Heart Society (FOHS) Comox Valley Chapter. I

have come to know the community & understand very well the challenges that I will face along with council

as we work together to ensure that we all continue to enjoy living in this very special place we call the Comox Valley.

I am asking for your support for Mayor of Comox on Nov 19th. I understand that there is only one taxpayer and that in these times we must be extra vigilante as we manage your tax dollars in a fi scally

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❖ At 10:30 parade forms in front of the Legion on Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay

❖ Service at Cairn will be conducted by Pastor Darryl Burry commencing at 11:00 am

❖ Return to Legion at approx. 11:45 for an afternoon of reminiscing with old friends and acquaintances, refreshments available. Entertainment provided from 1 pm until 6 pm

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The Forgotten Ones a tragic aftermath of warfare

THE POPPY CAMPAIGN in Courtenay was launched recently to remind us about The Forgotten

Ones.

J.E. LandrySpecial to the Record

Several years ago, I volun-teered as a Legion/Veterans Affairs surveyor.

It was my good fortune to visit many of our precious Second World War, Korea and peacekeeping veterans in care facilities on Vancouver Island.

I purposely use the word precious, because it describes ‘something of great worth.’ They are precious as well, because there are fewer and fewer of them left for us to

honour.These noble warriors from

the past are living out their lives in care facilities across this Island and I often think of some as The Forgotten Ones.

Most are veterans who live in these facilities because they can no longer manage their lives without assistance or because their loved ones can no longer manage their care. There are also those who sit in their rooms, some in wheelchairs, some sit in the lobby, by the front door, waiting for visitors. Some,

sadly, wait in vain...Then there are the spous-

es, also too often Forgotten Ones.

They are just as precious as the husbands or wives to whom they waved goodbye as they boarded the ships and trains that took them away to war.

They were the ones who had seen their ‘best friends’ slowly become frail and in need of assistance (assistance the spouses could no longer give them).

Spouses visit often, they care about their loved ones’

condition, they fret about their nutrition, medication and comfort. They watch as their ‘best friend’ slowly fades away.

There are veterans in ‘secure’ areas of care facili-ties. The cognitively impaired are housed in secure areas for their own protection; this secure area has become their home.

I would see them walk-ing or shuffling down the hallways, some with constant smiles on their faces, some with vacant eyes staring straight ahead.

It was sometimes difficult to prepare myself to visit the facilities; having seen the Forgotten Ones and knowing what to expect when visiting the wards.

Upon entering their rooms, I could see photos placed on walls and tables. Some photos were of young men and women in uniform, laughing eyes, full of hope, ready for anything; a young sailor on board his ship, a young soldier cleaning a rifle, a young airman standing beside an aircraft, a young girl in uniform driving a

vehicle, or a young nurse tak-ing a soldier’s pulse.

So, if you know a veteran whose home is a care facility, show him/her that they truly are precious.

Visit them, listen to them, talk to them, and show them that you really care. Like treasures, they need to be seen, heard and loved. As liv-ing treasures, they must not be put away and forgotten.

Your reward may only be a smile, but what a smile it will be!

J.E. Landry lives in Comox.

- Laurence Binyon, 1914

All Quality Foods Stores will be closed Friday,November 11, 2011.

“For the Fallen”

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning,We will remember them.

We offer apologies to those who are inconvenienced by our stores closing, and hope that our decision is in line with the Royal Canadian Legion’s message to “Take time to remember”.

safely home. We all owe these Canadians a debt of gratitude now and in the future.

At Quality Foods, we feel it is important to take the time to honour our Veterans, past and present who gave their service, their future and their lives so that we may all live in peace.

For us, Remembrance Day is more than honouring those who sacrificed their futures and their lives for all Canadians; we need to also guard wisely against the spectre of a dark history repeated, and help our young people to remember.

Once again this November 11th, Canadians around the world and here at home will gather and pause in silent remembrance.

Many of us will continue the tradition of attending organized services designed to ensure the families and peers of the fallen know the immeasurable value of their loved ones’ service and sacrafice.

This year’s ceremonies will likely be tinged with sorrow for the loss of many good Canadians from recent conflicts, yet carry a sense of relief that many more are returning

At the 11th hour of each November 11th, Canadians across the nation pause for two minutes of silent remembrance for those who served our country, and still serve today.


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