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mjbrown

11-11-2005 17:00:22




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Lets hear from some Canadian veterans! Isn't this Rememberance Day?




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Tom from Ontario

11-12-2005 08:28:15




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-11-2005 17:00:22  
Lowly tooper here was in the QYR and GGHG, just militia, but we stood the square for Nov. 11 and I think it's great that there seems to be more attention paid to Rememberance Day every year. 4 uncles went over in WW 2 and they would not say word 1 about what they did



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Robert Lorencz

11-12-2005 08:40:12




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to Tom from Ontario, 11-12-2005 08:28:15  
Tom
No such thing as a "lowly" trooper. Everyone in the outfit is important and has a job to do.
I am not a veteran but I did my time in the RCAF,CF, Air Force from 1963 to 1994. I started out as an "Acey Duecy" or Aircraftsman Second Class (like a lowly trooper!)and it took me just 4 years to make Corporal (thanks to Paul Hellyer)and there I stayed for another 14 years!
There are a lot of ex servicemen like us, we just went and did our job and loved it!

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mjbrown

11-12-2005 12:53:48




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to Robert Lorencz, 11-12-2005 08:40:12  
I'm getting a sense that there is a slightly different definition of veteran in the US and Canada. In the US if you served in the armed forces you are a vet. Sounds like the Canadians consider serving in combat or war time the requirement for veteran status.



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Robert Lorencz

11-12-2005 18:09:45




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-12-2005 12:53:48  
mjbrown
Only recently in Canada has the word "veteran" been applied to all serving and ex service members, regardless of combat or serving in a war zone. Some of us are reluctant to call ourselves veterans as we have always been lead to believe that title belonged to those who had served in WW1, WW2, and Korea. We in Canada also suffered from the stigma of the Vietnam conflict and were made to hide the fact that many Canadians served in that conflict also.
A lot of us are "veterans" of the Cold War - we stood on guard for many years, ready to go to combat when the flag went up. Quietly, we trained and trained to go to war, while all the time praying that we wouldn't have to. We, and our wives, and children know too well the midnight drills, the fear of not knowing if it was the real thing or not. The postings from station to station, never having any roots. I have a child who was born in Nova Scotia but doesn't remember it as we were moved to Alberta when she was 3 months old. Only when I retired was I able to stay in one spot and gather up some old Farmall tractors which my daughters come and drive occasionally!
But, we all still believe in this - "O Canada we stand on guard for thee".
Sorry about the long story, I always get kinda sentimental on Remembrance Day!

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canadian army?

11-11-2005 20:17:07




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-11-2005 17:00:22  
Relative to the U.S.A army, after the exchange rate, the Canadian army consist of 6 Mounties, 3 canoes, and a flying squirrel.



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CLW

11-11-2005 19:40:18




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-11-2005 17:00:22  
Best neighbors anyone could have. God bless all vets.
CLW



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CLW

11-11-2005 19:40:21




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-11-2005 17:00:22  
Best neighbors anyone could have. God bless all vets.
CLW



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BrianRM

11-11-2005 17:53:59




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-11-2005 17:00:22  
I'm not but my dad was in the Canadian Navy from '41 - '45. He was has hit by shrapnel from Japanese plane but it was not real serious. He became an auto mechanic after the war and I can remember a lot of the old 8N, 9N and 2N torn down in his 2 bay shop over the years. He joined when he was 17 (to get off the farm I think) but never talked too much about the war. Looking back, these guys must have gone through shear hell. Once when they were in Australia, he said the U.S. boys and English lads would pull in the same port and on leave they would get into a scrap at the local bars. He said the U.S. Navy was always paid better and the Canadian and English were probably a bit jealous.....but always had great respect for both. He passed in 1990 at 66 and I sure wished I'd paid more attention when he was fixing those tractors.

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toolman

11-11-2005 17:51:36




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-11-2005 17:00:22  
we were all out for the parade to the cermony then the legion.



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wdtom

11-11-2005 17:49:15




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to mjbrown, 11-11-2005 17:00:22  
Well I am not a Canadian Veteran, however I am a US veteran. I would like to thank the Canndian Veterans for joining with the United States, when the going got tough, and together, (with veterans from other countrues too) preserving freedom. I know that niether country is perfect, on the whole though, not too bad.



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Bob/Ont

11-11-2005 19:42:51




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 Re: Canadian Veterans? in reply to wdtom, 11-11-2005 17:49:15  
Most Canadian Veterans are getting pretty Long in the Tooth and aren't big computer users. The ones from WWII and Korea that is, the younger ones who served in Afganastan likely are still in the Army and don't have a tractor. The ones in the middel who served in VietNam would likely concider themselves VietNam Vets rather than Canadian Vets.
My thoughts anyway.
Later Bob



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