Veteran's Farewell

November 27, 2010


Today a friend of mine lost his grandfather and now another of our veterans is at peace.
I wish to pay tribute to this man who served our country willingly and with pride. I wish to show my reverence for all those brave American Patriots that sacrificed all......for the glory of God and all mankind.



"Tribute to Courage", By Rich Thislte

"HMCS Sackville", By John Horton
The Battle of the Atlantic was one of the most harrowing and important struggles of the Second World War. It was a struggle to sustain the vital lifeline of supplies from Canada's east coast to Britain and the European Front so that the fight for freedom and democracy could continue. In the end, we were victorious, but a terrible price was paid for victory. More than 4,600 men and women lost their lives at sea.

RCAF B-24 Liberator long range bomber, by Lars Larsen

"We Flew With The Heroic Few", by Rich Thistle
"What General Weygand has called The battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin.... upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must soon be turned upon us.... If the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'this was their finest hour'. "
-Winston Churchill, June 1940

"D-Day, the Assault", by Orville Fisher
The largest sea-borne invasion in history, the D-Day landings involved more than 156,000 troops from the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and the forces of the Free French. Nearly 7,000 vessels of all types would be involved, of which more than 4,000 were landing craft. The operation would be supported by approximately 12,000 aircraft, a task which included flying sorties, dropping of bombs, and the transportation of parachute troops.

The objective of the invasion, the creation of a lodgement in Western Europe, was long held and thought essential to the defeat of Germany. Since 1942, plans had been drawn and re-drawn, eventually emerging as "Operation Neptune", the assault phase, and "Operation Overlord", the invasion itself.