November 11, 1918 was marked in history as the end of World War I. During that war more than 64,000 Canadian men and women were killed in battle. These men and women died so that you and I could have the freedom we enjoy today. Without the sacrifices of these now faceless heroes, who knows what our world would look like.
Three Canadian soldiers were killed as a result of an improvised explosive device attack on their armoured vehicle during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers in the Arghandab District. The incident occurred approximately 15 kilometers west of Kandahar City at about 9:00 a.m., Kandahar time on 5 December 2008.
The Canadian soldiers were participating [...]
Here’s a video remembering the troops. Â There are a couple of pics of my father in law in this clip, he is the bald guy in the transport. (Thanks Amy & Paul for making this clip.)
Names of the fallen Canadians (Afghanistan) can be found here and on the National Defense Site.
As many of you may not know, my Father-in-Law was a soldier in the “War on Terror“. He was part of one of the first teams that went into Afghanistan. I can’t even imagine what really went on over there.
We’ve all seen the pictures on the news, of what goes on in a war, but [...]
