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… Platana stressed she will act in honour of all next-of-kin when she lays the wreath on Remembrance Day - for mothers, wives, fathers, … in Regina, standing on the platform, and finding no one there. She said she waited for a long time - which I now know was less than a … people had not forgotten after fifty-three years. He looked at her and said, "It is we who are grateful. If it had not been for men like these …
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… Platana stressed she will act in honour of all next-of-kin when she lays the wreath on Remembrance Day - for mothers, wives, fathers, … in Regina, standing on the platform, and finding no one there. She said she waited for a long time - which I now know was less than a … people had not forgotten after fifty-three years. He looked at her and said, "It is we who are grateful. If it had not been for men like these …
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… breeze was sweeping the air in the sunny mid-morning of Tuesday, June 26, 1951. The USNS General Harry Taylor , a U.S. merchant ship which … for the moment when the uncomfortable ocean crossing would finally come to an end. We were taciturn while the sound of the waves striking … anticipation the start of a new beginning from the moment they would set foot on a new land and stepped over the threshold of Pier 21. The …
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… John and Mark. In the year 2000 I had the great fortune (and a dream come true) to visit them and acquaint myself with the rest of the … We docked at (I didn't know it back then) the now famous Pier 21. I said goodbye to my good friend Egidio Babudro whose destination was to … be over and one day I boarded a bus with Dante and headed for the BIG city of London, Ontario where I would reside for the next fifty odd …
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… affected him more than the others. One day out of the blue he simply said, "Manny", a name he has called me since childhood, "I wonder …
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… 1945, I returned to Canada on the hospital ship Letitia. I was 26 at the time. This was a memorable trip in several respects. The ship … outriggers carrying searchlights beamed on the red crosses on each side. We found this a little scary for, although the war was over, we … The Nursing Sister gave me permission to sleep in the open on the top deck. With a pillow and a couple of blankets it was really a most …
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… to the border with the States, but when he asked about our family, he said he didn’t want little kids on his farm. Soon there was another … two girls. Opa and Oma Lopers and Oma and Opa Steenbergen were able to come along on the bus to Rotterdam to send us off. When we got to the … teeth in the water. We saw nothing but water, water, water, but on the 26 th of May we reached the shore in Halifax. When we landed there was …
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… of Ruth Goldbloom, the Nation Builders Campaign accomplished its $7 million goal to establish this endowment fund. One million dollars was … who choose Canada as their home, will be remembered for generations to come. Our Nation Builders symbolize what it means to be Canadian. The … Nation Builders exemplify Canada’s spirit. Rudolph P. Bratty, B.A., LL.B., Q.C. The son of a carpenter who came from Friuli, Italy in 1922, …