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| Fine men, all. |
I wish my mother had told me about them. I never knew they existed.
Of course, her dead fiance's photo must have hurt unbearably.
We must honour our dead. As of April 11, 2010, 144 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan since deployment on this mission beginning in 2002. Our Canadian young men and women perform this work are to be lauded. I still question the mission. The Canadian Statistics for our military are telling over the years we have been involved in war. The military has not shown that it honours those who return wounded, the public wants to know. We have shown much support in honouring the dead, through the Highway of Heroes.
Honour the soldier, loathe the war.
The women who served on the front lines have been largely ignored. Every Remembrance Day ceremony I have attended has spoken of the 'men that served.' We had women on the front lines as nurses, many who were support staff, others who flew planes from factory to bases.
The women who waited at home, similarly served their time waiting for loved ones, many, like my mother, engaged to a man who was lost to war. She ended up marrying another, my adoptive father.
These are photos from my late mother's collection.
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| My late father's class. He is back right. |
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| Aunt Irene and her brother, my dad. |
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| service record |
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| service record |
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| Interesting booklet! |
