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Remembrance Day really makes me thankful for the guys who came before us. They've made it easier for us. Today we have better medical. We're better paid. Way back when they didn't pay soldiers enough to make a living. You can make a career out of the military now.
For veterans like his dad, [Don Campbell], Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on the people he met through the military. "It means more and more to me as I get older. I've had the privilege of meeting a lot of wonderful people in the different services," he said.
Naval Lieut. Simone Smith, attending ceremonies at HMCS Chippawa, summed it up best. "I'm going to walk out of here and feel the sunshine on my face, and feel the wind, and think of all those who can't any longer. It makes me thankful for the sacrifice those peopl...
...," said a young girl, reciting the famous poem, In Flanders Field at the convention centre. It wa...
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TWO separate groups of Manitoba teenagers are travelling to Vimy Ridge for what one teacher is calling of "the world's largest field trip.
You're going to be part of the Guinness Book of World Records," history teacher Chris Chartier Chartier told his students. "We will be part of the world's largest field trip."
"He was really young, he was like 18," [Amber Zastre] said. "That would be like one of my friends saying, 'I'm going to war.' That's scary."
... during the Second World War, will recite the poem Act of Remembrance at the 90th anniversary of the ... in Normandy, as well as Dieppe and Flanders Fields. nick.martin@freepress.mb.ca. alexandra.pau...
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