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[chris gadsden]

We usually have a thread here to remember those that served during the world's conflicts, to give us the freedoms we all enjoy and at times take for granted.

We never miss this day as we think of our families including two dad's that served in World War 2. My dad was in England in a Royal Canadian hospital in Cliveden and my wife's dad on convey duty across the Atlantic.

I hope you too took the time to think of all that served and sacrificed so much for us. Here is a short clip of our service in Chilliwack on a very wet day.


http://youtu.be/L6pmZCVmexM

[alwaysfishn]

Thanks Chris. It's always a special day and important for all of us to realize that we would not likely have the life and the freedoms we have today, without the sacrifice of these war heroes!

[DanJohn]

Always remembering! Always a little sad today. And as much as I like to bitch and moan about this country, I wouldnt want to live in any other place and am thankful everyday its as good as it is.

[chris gadsden]

Always remembering! Always a little sad today. And as much as I like to bitch and moan about this country, I wouldnt want to live in any other place and am thankful everyday its as good as it is.

Very touching DanJohn, thanks for posting.

[arimaBOATER]

It is like a dream or fiction that human beings want to attack & kill other countries just for more power...
Like a crook does not want to work...get paid some money ...& then buy the fishing rod he desires RATHER he goes into the store with a gun shoots the clerk ...& steals the rod...
Then he goes fishing & thinks all is well.

Same with Hitler who decided he wanted to conquer the world & be the King of the world. Like a crook   ...Take the world forcefully.

Only one thing stopped his plans ...the brave men & women who said NO WAY.
50-70 million died because of WW 2.
Citizens & military personnel .
Sadly we have our crazed Hitler types in our communities ...like the Picton or Olsen killers ( or girl murdered in Armstrong BC) so to the past & present military & police forces battling evil in our world a big THANK YOU.  I  (we) salute yous.

If Hitler won he would of banned sports fishing for us Canadians...Why?  Because we would all be slaves working 7 days a wk OR most of us alive may of been killed.

[mistermongz]

Always remembering! Always a little sad today. And as much as I like to bitch and moan about this country, I wouldnt want to live in any other place and am thankful everyday its as good as it is.

Pictures can always tell you a lot... very powerful pics...good choice..

[Fish Assassin]

The picture about the man in the wheelchair is especially poignant

[clarki]

Thanks Chris. Several years ago I spent more Nov 11's on the river than at the cenotaph. That changed 5 years ago after our trip to Europe where I visited several Canadian war cemerteries in the Netherlands and France. Seeing row upon row of graves of young Canadians had a lasting impact on me; now I choose to prioritize my Nov 11's differently.  I always attend the service with my father in law who suffered through the German occupation in Amsterdam and was liberated by the Canadians. 66 years later and he is still grateful. Lest we forget.

[chris gadsden]

Thanks Chris. Several years ago I spent more Nov 11's on the river than at the cenotaph. That changed 5 years ago after our trip to Europe where I visited several Canadian war cemeteries in the Netherlands and France. Seeing row upon row of graves of young Canadians had a lasting impact on me; now I choose to prioritize my Nov 11's differently.  I always attend the service with my father in law who suffered through the German occupation in Amsterdam and was liberated by the Canadians. 66 years later and he is still grateful. Lest we forget.

Yes it should be more than just a day off. There is always a large number of people from Holland at the services.They know first hand what it is like to be occupied and still appreciate Canada and the Canadian troops that liberated them

[islanddude]

My father served in the war also.We went to Holland to visit  some of the people that my father helped liberate.We went to the graves of my fathers buddies who died at Normandy.I wonder if I would be welcome in Afghanistan or Libya wearing a Canadian flag.We were respected around the world as peacekeepers but now we are war makers.We serve in the army of Rome.