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  • What is Meaningful Life by Theresa
    … you are part of this society, and you also can make this country become better. Return to Charlottetown …
  • Ariella Milanese
    … Ariella Milanese was born in October 1936, in San Lorenzo di Fumicello, in the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast … ruining that picture and several more before they finally got a good picture. Unfortunately, this used up the little money they had and …
  • Hilda Fisher Mitcheltree
    … Hilda Fisher Mitcheltree, War Bride 1916 – 1993 Hilda Fisher was born in London and … war zone. Hilda recorded that several of the women including herself sat on mail bags tagged OUT OF BOUNDS TO ALL RANKS, while waiting to be … Hilda Fisher Mitcheltree …
  • Margot Rita Kienle Tarajos
    … NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … we boarded the train in Klosterlefeld for Munich. In Munich we visited a clinic where we were immunized according to requirements by …
  • P/O Rear Gunner Les Gallant
    … Officer-Rear Gunner GALLANT, P/O Joseph Ulysse Edmond - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.432 Squadron – Ulysse Gallant, fondly known to … his honorable discharge in November 1945. Les occupied the loneliest seat in the sky, where the quiet courage of a gunner was tested in …
  • Stanislaw and Barbara Sokol
    … Pier 21 June 1, 1948 Stanislaw Sokol was a young forester working in the Bialowieza Forest of Poland. He enjoyed his life but that all … befriended a local man who told him to build a raft and take the river south....there was a section where he would be heading straight for a …
  • F/Lt Maurice R. Hennigar
    … is to the airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force and is what "in Flander's Fields" was to the Canadian Military in the First World War." … instructors on our station in 1940-1941. The Cap aerodrome was a good-sized field without designated runways. The windsock determined … no Sunday classes on many occasions I flew to Cartiervulle airport outside of Montreal where I would meet Hattie, Carl, Carl Jr. and Ross, …
  • The Alois Kienle Family
    … NS. Ever since I heard about the creation of this new historical site I've been on a mission. You see its been some 46 1/2 years since … and want to tell you the story of our journey. Most of my recollection comes from my mother. It's fascinating to listen to her stories. On … This was probably due to the fact that my grandfather (on my mother's side) , who was already waiting for us in Canada, booked our trip …
  • P/O Arthur James Cannon
    … Art Cannon and his Family Art was born in Moose Jaw in December 1922, the third child of Charles and Lucy Cannon. He attended St. Marks School … and 3 girls. In 1953 Art and Jenny purchased 10 acres, which is the site of their present farmstead. From 1956 to 1964 they operated a …
  • Journey for Social Recognition by Sangeetha
    … four girls, and we were always discouraged by close relatives and the community for only having girl children. My aunts would say, why does … when I graduated. Always I wanted to be the top in the field I studied, and I knew I could achieve more. This was not my limit. And yet, … it change my father’s mind? But he said to her, I don’t want her to come back one day and say, you didn’t let me study further. After my …

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