Canadian Heroes

Follow events leading up to the 69th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, and the 70th Anniversary of D-DAY (June 6, 1944). Canada had a huge role in both of these world changing events. Our sacrifice was enormous and needs to be recounted.

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Great Canadian Hero: Ian Roy MacLennan has passed away. Rest In Peace (RS)

“Ian Roy MacLennan was born in Regina, Canada, on April 4 1919. He attended school in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, and studied engineering at Saskatchewan University before enlisting in the RCAF in October 1940. After training as a pilot he arrived in England in the summer of 1941.

He flew Spitfires on sweeps over France and on May 24 1942 damaged a Focke Wulf 190 off Calais. Shortly afterwards he left for Malta, where he joined No 1435 Flight.”

Flight Lieutenant Ian MacLennan – obituary – Telegraph
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Flight Lieutenant Ian MacLennan was a Spitfire pilot who applied his duck-shooting skills to destroy seven enemy aircraft during the Siege of Malta …read more

We now have the complete database from Good Digital Culture the company that put together the database for ipad users, it has the location, name, country etc…, so we can break it down to an exact location. Its in an excel spreadsheet, so we can customize it even further as well. Canada start saving your toonies up, make a fund up to travel to these far off places, it will be the best vacation you ever had, and one with reason. …read more

“Captain Melissa Anthony, a Westville native now based with 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Shilo, Man., has just returned from Afghanistan after a six-month deployment.”

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Capt. Anthony returns from Afghan deployment as Canada’s role comes to an end
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WESTVILLE – Captain Melissa Anthony had toyed with the idea of joining the military for quite some time. After all, she had several cousins, aunts and uncles in the Canadian Armed Forces. …read more

Out in the Caribbean Sea, on the small island of St. Lucia, we have 9 soldiers buried, sounds like a perfect place to go for a vacation and pay honour to our fallen this Remembrance Day, who is in to make the trip!!! …read more