Comments on: It’s been a long ride

By: Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Veterans

Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Veterans — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:21:39 +0000

[...] I didn’t use to think my family had that many veterans, though my brother was a kind of exception: an air force career, including service in Viet Nam. I only learned a few years ago that my dad wanted to join the Canadian air force at the beginning of World War II. They thought he was on the old side — in 1939, when Canada entered the war, he was 26 — so he rejoined his old outfit, the Mounties. [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:26:45 +0000

Thanks, Harold. Dad has always been proud of his service. A few decades back, while visiting me here in the D.C. area, he decided to drop in at the Canadian embassy (where as you know the Mounties provide security, as the Marines do as U.S. embassies).

When they learned he’s served, the commander insisted he come back and meet the rest of the detachment, and he spent a good part of his day drinking tea and telling stories of his assignments in Halifax during World War II.

By: Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:45:28 +0000

That’s great, Dave. I’m glad that your father had the opportunity to have his service recognised in this way.

Maintien le Droit

BTW, I lived in Windsor during the mid ’80′s, looking North at Detroit from Janette Avenue ;-)