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Today – we remember.

The 29th Battalion, part of the Second Canadian Division, advances into No Man’s Land through German barbed wire and heavy fire in the right-centre of the Canadian advance on April 9, 1917. (Courtesy Veterans Affairs Canada).

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians are asked to pause and remember the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom and democracy during the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Afghanistan conflict and during peacekeeping missions.

During the First World War, (1914-1918) more than 600,000 soldiers volunteered to go overseas. As of November 2006, Veterans Affairs Canada is aware of three veterans of the First World War who are still alive: P. Dwight Wilson, 105, and Lloyd Clemett and John Babcock, both 106….

Go read the rest (and watch the amazing video) plus a link to Debbie lee on NewsBlaze,  on Assoluta Tranquillita here.

And, an expanded CanCon version, by me..lol. on NewsBlaze here.