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My dad was a pre-teen in the Netherlands during the war. He was always incredibly proud to have become a Canadian later in his life. His wartime memories were very emotional. ❤️
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Pieter’s father, Simon, was a resistance fighter during WWII, was enslaved by the nazis and did not survive to raise his only son. My father, as a small child, remembers the liberators, the Canadian soldiers who marched through their town in Holland. Because of the kindness of Canadian soldiers, our whole family immigrated to Canada...
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Pieter’s father, Simon, was a resistance fighter during WWII, was enslaved by the nazis and did not survive to raise his only son. My father, as a small child, remembers the liberators, the Canadian soldiers who marched through their town in Holland. Because of the kindness of Canadian soldiers, our whole family immigrated to Canada...
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My grandfather was the driver of the vehicle which transported combat medics and wounded solders from 1941 to 1945. He was awarded with Order of the Red Star
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My grandfather was the driver of the vehicle which transported combat medics and wounded solders from 1941 to 1945. He was awarded with Order of the Red Star
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My Dad Albert Grimaud of Montreal served with the Canadians in Holland. He and my Mum Agnes were warmly welcomed back to Holland on the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland, an experience that touched them both very deeply. I am planting these tulips with much love and gratitude in honour of my parents....
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My Dad Albert Grimaud of Montreal served with the Canadians in Holland. He and my Mum Agnes were warmly welcomed back to Holland on the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland, an experience that touched them both very deeply. I am planting these tulips with much love and gratitude in honour of my parents....
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My father, Bruce Mills, served with the Lincoln & Wlland Regiment. He fought in the Battle of the Schellte and was injured at Burgen op Zoom. He always loved the bight colours of,the tulips and marigolds. This beautiful tulip is planted in his memory. He passed in 2009 just shy of his 91st birthday. Amazingly,...
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My father, Bruce Mills, served with the Lincoln & Wlland Regiment. He fought in the Battle of the Schellte and was injured at Burgen op Zoom. He always loved the bight colours of,the tulips and marigolds. This beautiful tulip is planted in his memory. He passed in 2009 just shy of his 91st birthday. Amazingly,...
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He enlisted in January, 1941 and went overseas in November of that same year. He was 19 years old. He was an airframe mechanic, serving with the R.C.A.F. Buffalo squadron of coastal command in the Shetland Islands. He returned to Winnipeg December 25,1944 and married his highschool sweetheart in August 1945. (Laurence Young is in...
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