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Lest We Forget

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We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those thousands Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our collective national consciousness; our future is their monument.

For my Grand Fathers who served in the 2nd world war, and my grand mother who worked for the war efforts at home while my grand father was in france.. and we uncle who served in the iraq war in the 1990's and is still currently an active memeber of the Canadaian Armed Forces.. and for all those who lost their lives, witnessed the horrors of wars, are currently witnessing the horrors of war, and fighting for freedom. we will never forget.

For my best friend, William, and the friends he has lost.

To those who helped to protect this great nation, I sincerly thank you.

You helped to defend a wonderful land, and helped wonderful people lead their normal lives.

We will for ever be greatful.

Lest we forget....but..

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=381192

sorry didn't see the other thread this morning^_^

For most of us, something is more real when it impacts us personally, meaning it either happens to us, or someone we know.
Remembrance Day remain abstract for most of us, because our generation (well, most of us) did not have to go to war to fight for our principles and what we believe in.

Thank goodness for that.

But for some Canadians, the reasons why we commemorate Remembrance Day is real.

Yesterday, I had the chance to visit the Legions in the area and to spend some time with a soldier who came back from Afghanistan because he was wounded in an accident when an American plane strafed his platoon. Not something that should happen, but humans aren't perfect, so it happens.

We went to a local pub and was having dinner while watching the Leafs game. On Coach's Corner, Don Cherry and CBC ran a little tribute to soldiers who gave their lives for a worthy cause in Afghanistan.

To most of us, these are just names of Canadian soldiers and for me too, for most part. We regret their passing, but it doesn't affect us personally.

But for the soldier I was with, it was real, for one of the names was his platoon warrant (one of his direct superiors) who lost his life in that unfortunate friendly fire accident. I guess seeing the name and face made him revisit the entire incident again and he was choked up.

For him, Remembrance Day is real.

Because I know this soldier, his reasons why Remembrance Day is real became more real to me too.

Lest we forget

If you see a vet in uniform at a restaurant, buy him his meal and thank him for his service to the country.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 If you see a vet in uniform at a restaurant, buy him his meal and thank him for his service to the country.

I hate to nitpick on this issue, but not everyone who is in uniform is a 'vet'... A vet being someone who have served in operations overseas

If you mean WW2 vets and such, they don't wear uniform anymore, for most of them.

But if you do see a CF member in uniform, a word of thanks does make their day for most of them.

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Originally posted by EvilTree If you mean WW2 vets and such, they don't wear uniform anymore, for most of them.

they do at this time of year...

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Originally posted by Jayx1 they do at this time of year...

Well, they wear a certain attire (normally related to their Legion affiliation and most of them wear a beret of some sorts) and you can tell by huge rack of medals on their chest.

But they don't wear an 'uniform'

Saw this one vet with something like 20+ medals on his chest.
Man must have had (and still probably does) big set of balls.

Unfortunately, many of the WW2 vets are very old.
Soon, there will be very few of them left...

well i think u knew what i meant by uniform

and yes ive seen some of them in their full on attire at this time of year probably coming from some sort of ceremony.

Bought one a coffee once and he almost cried. I think it was when i was 18. It means a lot to those guys that really young people care about what they did. Many of them think that the younger generations dont care.

if it wasnt for them I wouldnt be here...

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