WE REMEMBER
A TRIBUTE TO OUR VETERANS PAST AND PRESENT
WE REMEMBER August 5, 1914. When the black shroud of war engulfed the world.
WE REMEMBER When the youth of the nation, by the tens of thousands, including 3,000 brave nurses ventured to far off lands with strange sounding names that they could barely pronounce to fight tyranny.
WE REMEMBER YPRES THE SOMME PASSCHENDAELE LENS CAMBRAI AMIENS FESTUBERT BOURLON WOOD VIMY RIDGE
WE REMEMBER The 644,636 who served, the 66,655 who did not return and the 172,950 wounded. Almost erasing a generation of young men.
WE REMEMBER The eleventh hour of the eleventh of the eleventh day of the eleventh month 1918. When thje black shroud receded to rest just below the horizon and the world rejoiced in the end of the war to end all wars.
WE REMEMBER September 10, 1939 when once again the youth of the nation, men and women were called to fight in far off lands.
WE REMEMBER THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN DIEPPE THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC JUNO BEACH HONG KONG CAEN ORTONA AMSTERDAM.
WE REMEMBEER The 1.1 million men and women who served, the 45,631 who did not return, and the54,400 wounded.
WE REMEMBER The Merchant Navy, the valiant seafarers who manned the merchant ships , many of them unarmed, running the gauntlet of wolf packs and surface raiders, providing supplies for our fighting men and women as well as the necessities to the civilian populations of devastated nations.
WE REMEMBER The CONVOYS to BRITAIN ASIA AFRICA THE MURMANSK RUN.
WE REMEMBER The 12,000 men and women who served, and the1,629 lost including 8 women.
WE REMEMBER May 7, 1945 V E Day. When the nation celebrated but there were still many months of bitter fighting left.
WE REMEMBER August 15,1945 V J Day. When the world rejoiced in the hope that this would be the final conflict and the shroud would be lifted forever.
WE REMEMBER The joyful reunions of loved ones on the docks of Halifax and Vancouver and the railway stations across the land. These were happy times for those who survived the two great wars, but many returned physically and mentally scarred for life.
WE REMEMBER June 25, 1950. When our young men and women were called again to war in The Land of the Morning Calm KOREA
WE REMEMBER KAPYONG SAMI- CHON VALLEY THE HOOK HILLS 187 227 166 113 159 355.
WE REMEMBER The 2nd Battalion PPCLI who received a presidential Unit Citation for their actions at Kapyong. The 2nd Battalion RCR. The 2nd Battalion Royal 22e Regiment The Vandoos.
WE REMEMBER H.M.C.S. HAIDA H.M.C.S. IROQUOIS H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN H.M.C.S. HURON H.M.C.S. NOOTKA H.M.C.S. CAYUGHA H.M.C.S. SOUIX H.M.C.S. CRUSADER. All of whom protected our troops on land by engaging in shore batteries and disrupting the supply trains from the north, earning them the title of THE TRAIN BUSTERS.
WE REMEMBER 426 Transport Squadron R.C.A.F. THE THUNDERBIRDS who flew 600 round trip sorties carrying 13,000 passengers and 3,000,000 kilograms of freight without losing a single aircraft to enemy actions.
WE REMEMBER The 26,791 men and women who served, the 516 who did not return and the 1,558 wounded.
WE REMEMBER THE FORGOTTEN WAR
WE REMEMBER July 27, 1953. The cease fire was signed and the role of our combat troops changed to that of Peace Keepers.
WE REMEMBER The Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen who served during the Cold War, balanced the edge of a knife while the two most powerful military nations in the world faced each other and the doomsday clock stood at 2 minutes to midnight.
WE REMEMBER November5, 1956. When the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to form the United Nations Emergency Force, to act as a buffer between w3arring factions anywhere in the world. Thus were born THE PEACE KEEPERS.
WE REMEMBER Our Peace Keepers. The 125,000 Navy, Army Air Force, R.C.M.P. and Civilian Police Officers who were called to serve throughout the world in harm's way, often in situations that appeared to be unsolvable while proudly wearing THE BLUE BERET.
WE REMEMBER THE SUEZ CYPRUS THE CONGO SOMALIA RWANDA UGANDA
WE REMEMBER The 125 Peace Keepers who have given their lives in the never ending quest to stabilize an uneasy world.
WE REMEMBER The autumn of 2001. When the Taliban Government of Afghanistan fell and our young men and women were called to serve once again in a land torn apart by a civil wraith no apparent solution.
WE REMEMBER OPERATION APOLLO OPERATION ATHENA KANDAHAR KABUL.
WE REMEMBER The over 25,000 who have served and are still serving. The 158 who did not return and the 618 wounded.
WE REMEMBER All those who have served and are still serving, whether they are wit us or have crossed the bar. Not just on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month but 365 days a year.
AND WE SAY
THANK YOU
AND
GOD BLESS YOU
WE REMEMBER