Veterans Week Canada - November 5 - 11

well said tom

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

I’ve got quite a few relaatives that were in the Canadian Army. Many have passed away. I don’t know of any that didn’t come back from the war.

It is a great time to remember all of the service men and women.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

In memory of Leo Thibaudeau. My Great Uncle. My father’s mother’s yougest brother. Her family is all gone now, but I asked his brother, my Great Uncle Frank for some information to have added to the Commonwealth War Graves Memorial. I was able to add a picture and the description from his brother. Leo and four of his brothers, Jack, Tony, Frank and Joe all served with front line combat forces from 1940 until 1945. My father’s father’s brother, Hampton Smith also served during World War II as a Medical Doctor. Leo was the only one of my family to die during the war. Though I did not know him, we remember him at this time, every year.

God Bless.

Leo was the youngest of six brothers. Five of his brothers served in the Canadian Armed Forces in World War II and Leo was the only one to lose his life.

Leo was a great entertainer and pleased many people with his bright attitude, piano playing and singing. He was last seen by his brothers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the year of his death. Leo visited his brothers while they were waiting for their convoy to form up. As his usual, he played the piano and sang for the shipmates of his brothers. Leo was a rear gunner and died from wound infection from shrapnel.

He is buried in the family plot in the town where he was born and raised, Macklin, Saskatchewan.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Thanks Mot.

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Thanks for the reminder, Tom. History shows that in two world wars, Canada sent troops many years before the US. The Canadian Military backed Great Britain from the start of both and brave boys gave there lives for the cause of freedom. Let those of us in the United States of America never forget the sacrifice made by our allies to the North. God bless them all.

-- Thos. Angle

Mot,

Thanks for the reminder to remember those who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy.

Bob #2,

That’s a great quote worth remembering too. Thank God for rough and courageous men!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

the photos really help to remind us that we can never know what they endured, during and after the wars. ...and it is vital that we remember that we have what we have because of them.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Amen Ms. Debbie.

Mot, very nice job in commemorating them, and the reminder of what we owe to those who served for us!

I can only imagine what serving during those times was like, and how it would effect the the rest of their lives, as no one could walk away from such a task, without permanent change.

Thanks, Mot, and to all those who served!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com