On Veteran's Day, I Remember

Despite the fact that he was never in an official "war", he served for 25 years, and was wounded twice while peacekeeping. He didn't think much of peacekeeping BTW.

He served in two armies, the British Army and the Canadian. He was actually hours away from landing in Egypt for the Suez Crisis, it was a peace deal brokered by the US that stopped him. His officer's commissioning papers were a sheepskin signed by Her Magisty the Queen.

He was quite the charecter, and probably would have ended up with higher rank if he had learned a little more politics. But he always had great stories to tell. He passed away a year ago.

My uncle also served a long career as an airframe mechanic for the Canadian Air Force.

Timing wasn't right for my family for WWII or Korea, my Grandparents too old, my father/uncles too young. I do have an ancester who I am named after that died in the trenches of WWI.

My wife's grandfather died in WWII, she never met him.

James