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It's 3 am and I have cadets tomorrow

I'm drinking a caffeinated drink, and I haven't been sleeping well for the last couple days

I'm gonna start binging the mandolarian

Because

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Royal Canadian Army Cadets of Carleton Place High School paraded the school grounds. Thanks to Gord Cross for this photo and maybe someone can tell me what year this was.. Larry Clark My memory is very foggy on this, but I believe Lloyd would have graduated 1955 and I would date this about 1953. Could be that I am in this photo but impossible to tell. The shop teacher Mr. Vought(sic) was the…

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"Youth Rally This Evening," Montreal Star. May 7, 1943. Page 3. ---- Victory Loan Display Will Be Held at Forum ---- Smartly impressive in their uniforms that duplicate closely those of the active fighting services with which they are associated, Montreal's sea, army, and air forces Cadets will take a leading part in "Canadian Youth on Parade," the novel Victory Loan rally being presented at the Forum this evening.

Each Cadet group has its own display to offer. Royal Canadian Army Cadets, Plateau Academy Corps, under Major A. Duguay, are presenting company drill. Cadet Lieut. Comdr. Arthur Hammond will supervise Sea Cadets in a signalling demonstration. The Army Cadets, of St. Stanislas Academy Corps., will give a physical training exhibition, while Air Cadets of No. 39 Montreal Kiwanis Squadron, will show what they can do in precision drill.

At the opening of the rally the Cadets will march past the review- ing stand where Air Vice-Marshal R. L. Marix, C.B., D.S.O., air officer commanding No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, R.A.F., will take the salute.

Organized under the auspices of the National War Finance Committee, the youth rally promises to be a lively affair from start to finish, with plenty of swift action and color.

The patriotic spirit of the occasion will find appropriate expression in the renditions of two numbers by massed school choirs, 2,000 voices strong. They are, "Canada Calls," a wartime march composed by Irvin Cooper, supervisor of music for the Protestant Board of School Commissioners of Montreal, and "Rule Britannia."

Interesting displays of Boy Scout work and the presentations of games by Girl Guide units are also billed. Teams under instructors of the Catholic School Commission will be seen in gymnastic displays. The Burlington High School Band is also taking part in the rally.

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Centuria members acknowledged on social media they have received training from the Canadian military and have participated in military exercises with Canada. In May, Centuria organizers boasted to their followers that its members currently served as officers in Ukraine’s military and “have succeeded in establishing cooperation with foreign colleagues from such countries as France, the United Kingdom, Canada, the USA, German and Poland,” according to the institute’s report.

“The Ukrainian military’s failure to check Centuria activities suggests a level of tolerance on its part for the apparent proliferation of far-right ideology and influence within the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the study warned.

One member of the group has received officer training in the United Kingdom’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, graduating in late 2020. Another attended the German Army Officer’s Academy in Dresden in 2019.

In the summer of 2019, Centuria came out in support of a rally held by Ukrainian far-right groups to counter the LGBTQ “Kyiv Pride” event. Centuria released a statement that it supported “right patriots, nationalists, conservatives and Christians currently defending the streets of Kyiv from perverts from the LGBT movement and their left-liberal sympathizers.”

The NAA denied to the university researchers that Centuria operated within the academy and noted it had no tolerance for extremism. But the report has a number of photos of NAA cadets giving Nazi salutes and promoting far-right material. One of the NAA cadets was a firearms instructor for a far-right group that the United Jewish Community of Ukraine accused in 2021 of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda.

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THE MONARCHIST LEAGUE OF CANADA

VIEWING THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S FUNERALDepending on current heath regulations in your area, it would be a great act of kindness to invite a senior living alone, a new Canadian, a neighbour without cable TV to join in watching the Duke’s funeral on April 17. The Queen is expected to speak before the obsequies begin.  The Procession of mourners will accompany his mortal remains to the Chapel at around 9:40 am EDT. It would be appropriate for folk at home to stand during the national Minute of Silence being observed in Britain and throughout many parts of the Commonwealth at 10 am EDT.   Sometimes people say. “This sort of event is not for children.”  One might respectfully disagree by saying that putting in proportion the realities of life and death, especially the natural death of a good person - as opposed to the hype and misery of both TV news and dramas - can in fact be a very good thing for many children. The contrast between bands and uniforms and music and ceremonial, on the one hand, and, yes, a sense of sorrow and solemnity and seeing adults shed a tear on the other, is a good antidote to the “reality” peddled online and on TV.  Feeling sympathy for The Queen and our Royals, seeing flags lowered, knowing it is “a great occasion” even without perfect comprehension as to why - this is the stuff of learning better than any classroom can provide.     TWO NEW LEAGUE POSTCARDS NOW ON SALE VIA THE LEAGUE'S ONLINE STORE

We hope you will enjoy these two new postcards; the top image released for the first time only a few days ago by William, depicts the Duke taking hos two-year old great-grandson George on a carriage ride. The second emphasizes the continuity of the Crown in a recent photo of The Queen and the Heir to the Throne. they are available at the League Store: https://store.monarchist.ca/en/products IN CASE YOU MISSED... Former Governor General David Johnston's tribute to the Duke https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2178660&jwsource=em Federal Opposition Leader Erin O'Toole's tribute:With the passing earlier today of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty the Queen has lost a loving husband and noble consort. The very embodiment of loyalty, honour, and committed service, His Royal Highness will be deeply missed. Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition to the Government of Canada offers Her Majesty, and her family, our deep condolences. “Pro Patria – For Country. This motto of the Royal Canadian Regiment, which His Royal Highness served with for decades as Colonel-in-Chief, embodies his life of service to the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Commonwealth. During this life of remarkable service, His Royal Highness developed a strong bond with Canada and built connections with Canadians in every corner of our country. “He began meeting with us officially in 1951, when he accompanied Princess Elizabeth (as she then was) on the first of her own many tours of Canada. Over the decades, he would visit Canada on more than 60 occasions, primarily on behalf of the public service groups he endorsed and sponsored. “Canadians who served in uniform, volunteered, or worked to build a better country could always rely upon his support, particular in science, agriculture, sport, and Commonwealth studies. But for His Royal Highness, encouraging personal achievement among young people was always a special mission and since it was established in 1963, more than half a million Canadians have practiced excellence and learned good citizenship through The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. “His Royal Highness was a strong supporter of the Canadian Armed Forces and its families. This dedication was rooted in his own service and his shared experiences with Canadians during the Second World War. For years after hostilities ended, he spoke warmly of the Canadian bravery he observed in the Sicily landings, where he served as an officer aboard a British destroyer. “He later accepted appointments as Colonel-in-Chief to many of Canada’s most prestigious regiments, and held the highest ranks in our cadet organizations. In 2011, in honour of his 90th birthday, the Canadian Government honoured His Royal Highness by creating him General of the Canadian Army, General of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy. Two years later, he was presented with the insignias of the Companion of The Order of Canada and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, in recognition of ‘his lasting concern for our country, and for Canadians.’ “A great man is gone. What remains is Prince Philip’s example of steadfast service during a life of obligation, and a legacy of discreetly performed good works through which our country will be blessed for years to come. “His death is a deep loss.”

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April 13, 2021

Ms Issik: On another visit to Banff and Lake Louise in 1985, the same trip where he designated our beautiful national parks as UNESCO world heritage sites and presented new banners to the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, I had the pleasure to attend a dinner where he spoke with passion and an off-colour story, which I’m not going to – it may not be parliamentary to repeat it in the Chamber. He absolutely charmed everyone in attendance.

Once again the Duke of Edinburgh returned to Calgary, in 1992, to meet with Premier Ralph Klein, and his wit again charmed a group of protesters this time, outside of the Legislature, saying: “Ah, is that the chap I’ve been eating with? I’ve just been having lunch with him.”

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HRH Prince Harry of Wales

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, KCVO ADC (born Henry Charles Albert David; 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. 

Military career

Service/branch - British Army

Years of service - 2005–2015 - (active service)

Rank - United Kingdom

 8 May 2005: Officer cadet

 13 April 2006: Cornet (Second Lieutenant), The Blues and Royals

 13 April 2008: Lieutenant, The Blues and Royals

 16 April 2011: Captain, The Blues and Royals

 14 May 2018: Lieutenant Commander

 14 May 2018: Major

 14 May 2018: Squadron Leader

Service number - Army – 564673 

Unit - Blues and Royals 662 Squadron 3 Regiment Army Air Corps

Battles/wars - war in Afghanistan

 • Operation Herrick

Foreign honours

 2017: Order of Isabella the Catholic

Appointments

13 October 2018: Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty The Queen (ADC)

Fellowships

 6 March 2012 – present: Honorary Fellow of the University of the West Indies

Honorary military appointments

 Canada

 10 November 2009 – present: Canadian Ranger

 United Kingdom

 8 August 2006 – present: Commodore-in-Chief of Small Ships and Diving

 3 October 2008 – present: Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington

 19 December 2017 – present: Captain General of the Royal Marines

Orders

4 June 2015: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Medals

6 February 2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

5 May 2008: Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan

6 February 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

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COMMEMORATIVE MESSAGE IN HONOR OF THE 75TH DIAMOND JUBILLEE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT ALLIED VICTORY OVER JAPAN IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AND THE VICTORIOUS AND DEFINITE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Ladies and gentlemen, to all the people of the United States of America and Canada, to all our remaining living veterans of the Second World War of 1939-1945 and of all conflicts past and present and their families, to our veterans, active servicemen and women, reservists and families of the entire United States Armed Forces and Canadian Armed Forces, and to all the uniformed military and civil security services of the Allied combatants of this conflict, to all the immediate families, relatives, children and grandchildren of the deceased veterans, fallen service personnel and wounded personnel of our military services and civil uniformed security and civil defense services, to all our workers, farmers and intellectuals, to our youth and personnel serving in youth uniformed and cadet organizations and all our athletes, coaches, judges, sports trainers and sports officials, and to all our sports fans, to all our workers of culture, music, traditional arts and the theatrical arts, radio, television, digital media and social media, cinema, heavy and light industry, agriculture, business, tourism and the press, and to all our people of the free world:

Our greeting to the millions who today celebrate such an important day in our history.

For it was on this day in history when in 1792 when the September Massacres, the mass slaughter of the Catholic clergy and supporters of the monarchy during the early stages of the French Revolution, began as revolutionary crows stormed into the prisons killing supporters of the deposed royal family.

It was on this day in 1872 that the Battle of Sedan ended with a historic defeat for the French Army.

It was on this day in 1960 when the in-exile Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration held its very first elections.

And today, September 2, in the midst of the fact that the world is now currently in one of the greatest crises of our times in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in millions being infected and in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, as well as the cancellations of many events and of sporting activities and the postponment of many others as a precautionary measure for the sake of protecting public health and well-being, we today celebrate with great joy the anniversary of all anniversaries: the 75th Diamond Jubilee year anniversary of the signing of the official documents of the unconditional surrender of the whole of Japan to the victorious Allied Powers and the conclusion of the Second World War, 6 years and a day after it began with the Nazi German advance to western Poland in 1939. It is a day of profound celebration of the historic day that finally ended years of long and bitter war against the Axis aggressor in many parts of the world, a war that would in the end cost the lives of millions of people, the dignity of millions of women and children, the loss of many precious works of art and culture and the destruction of countless architectural wonders, economies and industries. It is a day wherein we reflect the sacrifices of the millions of men and women who fought and worked in the side of the victorious Allies in the united cause of the defense of lives and individual freedoms against the totalitarian aggressor bent on destroying freedom and independence for the sake of fascism, opresssion and abuse of human rights and liberties. It is a day of remembrance of the memories of the millions of martyrs of the uniformed military, law enforcement and civil defense services of the Allied Powers who perished during this terrible period in human history. It is above all a joyful day of celebration of the victory against the forces of evil and the beginning of the long era of peace.

On this day exactly 75 years ago, aboard the historic battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) off the waters of Tokyo Bay, military representatives of both the Allies and the Empire of Japan signed the papers that formally ended a six year old war (eight long years of warfare in East Asia) and brought forth the victory over the Axis aggressors in the Asia-Pacific, with the acceptance of Japan and her armed forces of the terms of unconditional surrender of the country to the victors as agreed before earlier in the year in Postdam and as announced to the whole of the country the month before, with with ceremonies of surrender being conducted in other parts of East Asia in the coming days marking the close of another memorable but bloody chapter in world history. On that day the world witnessed the beginning of a long but painful road to peace that would in the following years be riddled with the blood of future regional wars, but lined with the sacrifices of millions whose sacrifices during those six long years brought forth the ideals of a better world for our future generations, a world full of peace and progress, where people live in harmony, friendship and cooperation. On that day the world celebrated the victory won against the Axis Powers whose plans for evil domination in the world and the suffering of millions were ended by the Allied Powers. On that day the world gave its thanks to the millions of men and women, collectively dubbed as the Greatest Generation, the millions of active and reserve servicemen and women of the armed forces, police, fire, border protection, civil defense, emergency response and intelligence organizations, as well as all paramilitary and law enforcement auxillary organizations of the Allied Powers whose tenacity, courage, hard work, dedication, resiliency and profound active support in the battlefields in land, air and sea in conventional and unconventional military and paramilitary operations, intelligence gathering and counter-intelligence operations, law enforcement,  emergency response, disaster and war relief and rehabilitation operations, whether be in enemy territories or in friendly lands, together with the millions of working men and women of the home front industries who helped supply needed equipment, fuel, water and vehicles, as well as shipping and aerial supplies and even clothing, furniture and needed medical supplies and food, all to the servicemen and women in the frontlines, the medical professionals who helped in treating the wounded, the chaplains who prayed for the living and the dead and the people in culture and the arts, in the press, film and television, in businesses and enterprises,  and in sports either as serving in the uniformed organizations or in active support for the war effort at home secured the cause of liberty and independence of millions all over the world against the Axis Powers and collectively as one people ended the threat posed by them to the free world and to the whole of humanity.  For such a great victory, that had been paved by the blood of the millions of lives lost during this long and painful conflict, including Jews, members of other religious communities, people who sympathized with the resistance movement and anti-Nazi activists and politicians, as well as of Poles and others in Soviet concentration camps and Gulag camps and by exile to  other parts of the USSR of various ethnic communities, as well as the massive Japanese persecution, injustices, murder and violent acts directed at the Chinese and dissident citizens and people of other faiths in the Asia-Pacific  and Axis aerial bombardments and sea attacks on merchant shipping and supply convoys, had indeed been impossible if not for the great support shown by every one of our millions of people, who through their efforts contributed to the great and glorious victory that we remember today. Such indeed is the importance of this great victory that we remember on this very day of our history, exactly 75 years ago today.

We indeed cannot forget so great a sacrifice by millions of people from all walks of life who perished in so severe a global conflict as this, with millions of civilian fatalities, and millions more who died among those in the uniformed organizations and paramilitary groups of the Allies who fought against the aggressor.

We cannot forget too the martyrdom of millions who suffered gravely at the hands of the Axis governments and socio-political organizations.

We cannot forget as well the heroism of millions who fought in the battlefields of this long conflict, in places like Dunkirk, Leningrad, the Brest Fortress, Moscow, Tula, Borodino, Sevastopol, El Alamein, Tobruk, Stalingrad, Kursk, Normandy, Caretan, Paris, Minsk, Monte Cassino, Eindhoven, Rome, Smolensk, Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, Lyon, Bastogne, Warsaw, Bryansk, Anapa, Smolensk, Lviv, Shanghai, Pearl Harbor, the Bataan Peninsula, Corregidor Island, Singapore, Besang Pass, Hong Kong, Wuhan, Midway Island, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, the Santa Cruz Islands, Belgrade, Sofia, the Caucasus, Karelia, Cologne, Xiamen, Budapest, Tunis and many more, in the land, air, and sea, from every terrain and in any weather condition, from the sands of the Sahara, up to the Normandy beaches, the British skies, the forests and plains of the Low Countries, the mighty mountains and valleys of the Alps and Balkans, the marshes at Pripyat, the Ukrainian steppes to the Arctic and the snowy lands of Scandinavia, towards the jungles of Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and Indonesia, in the changing terrains and landscapes of China and Korea, and in the Pacific Islands and New Guinea, dinstinguishing themsleves for their country and for the whole of humanity in conventional and unconventional military and paramilitary operations, intelligence gathering and combat and service support, led by heroic commanding officers coming from all walks of life, graduates of military academies and officer candidate institutes, whose efforts received for them the honor and glory of their country and people, many of them at the cost of losing their lives in battle.

And we cannot forget as well the contributions of millions in the home front in the victory that is celebrated today in the Asia-Pacific, thru their efforts to support those in the battlefields and overseas bases with much needed equipment, supplies and essential equipment, in addition in supporting war bonds activties and listening to artists who time and again gave concerts and shows to those in the armed forces at home and overseas, while also watching movies and documentaries about the war during this time in our history.

This was indeed a day that everyone had waited all these 6 years. A day the millions who fought in the Allied military forces and guerilla organizations anticipated, many would die in combat but many more lived to see this day come, a day that would usher in the end of this long conflict and the victory won against the Axis Powers. Indeed the sacrifices of the millions who were mobilized to fight those who were threatening peace and the future of the world, as well as the blood poured by those who fell in this long period of our history, and the suffering felt by so many people in the territories where the war had impacted directly all led up to this great day. Of the millions who answered the call, millions less died in battle in the uniforms of the Allied armed forces and paramilitary organizations in Europe, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific and in naval operations everywehre,  while millions still lived long for the great day of victory to arrive on the 2nd of September, 1945, exactly 75 years ago.

Today, in remembrance of the victory won against the Allies and the end of this great war, we remember these millions of active and reserve men and women of the military forces and paramilitary organizations of the Allies, today only by the thousands who are still alive ever to celebrate this momentous occasion of such an important anniversary of the victory won over the Axis Powers in the Asia-Pacific and the end of this long and bitter conflict that forever changed human history. We must never forget that this victory was made possible because of their adversity in battle, determination, iron-willed strength, courage, friendship, bravery and perserverance, and above all the readiness to sacrifice life and limb for the sake for the cause of the defeat of the ideologies that begun this conflict eight decades past in Eastern Europe.

Marking this great anniversary, with deep respect and profound gratitude we today honor these  millions of heroes, who, through their personal and combined efforts, secured the final victory we honor today against the Axis Powers, ending once and for all their evil plans for the domination of the world and the repression of peoples. Today and always may we by our words and actions recall the memory of these men and women who served during those years of combat in every corner of the world who are even in this present time and in a modern way of life are still honored not just by battle honors and monuments but also in various works and in radio, television, film and digital media, and who today we, the descendants of this heroic and great generation of heroes, and the generations of tomorrow must keep in our minds and hearts, among them the men and women of the intelligence services who helped provide the Allied military leadership  with information on enemy locations and movements, Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, formerly 4th Brigade Combat Team and now 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, United States Army, the brave men of the 1st Marine Division’s 1st, 5th and 7th Marine Regiments, the tankers of the 2nd Armored Division, the aviators and air crews of the 8th Air Force, and all our sportsmen and women who served under the colours of the Allied military forces during the long war and helped win the definite victory against tyranny and oppresion, be forever in our memories and our profound remembrance, not just by their families and descendants but by the very people they fought and died for in the fields of battle, the frontlines, the concentration camps and the home front, and by the people and youth of today and our future generations of men and women, most especially to all considering careers in the uniformed services, so that their legacies to the peoples of the world will be conserved for posterity and for the sake of those who will follow in their footsteps today and in the future.  On this day of celebration for millions of people all over the globe we once again send our greetings to the hundreds of thousands of men and women in active service and in the reserves in the armed forces,  police, public security, forestry, border security, civil defense and emergency services of the Allied combatant countries and their families,our working people, agricultural workers and those working in science and technology, education, tourism, culture and the arts and in the mass media and the press and all our sportsmen and women, as well as our military and civil uniformed service veterans and their families, and the families of all who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for the defense of our principles and of our liberty and independence. In addition to these individuals and public and private corporate and cooperative entites, in light of the ongoing global pandemic caused by COVID-19, we also today remember the modern day heroes of this disastrous time: our medical workers and professionals treating the sick and the dying even at the cost of their lives, as well as those working in essential and permitted industries and enterprises, which have also suffered from the economic fallout of this pandemic, whose determination, courage and firm hope in the future, with firm compliance with health and safety protocols, have ensured the survival and resilience of our people and economies in the face of such a health crisis never seen in over a century, and the people working for the research, development and manufacture of medications and vaccines against the virus and its effects on our health and well-being.  As we today celebrate this historic anniversary of the victory won against the Axis Powers in the Asia-Pacific, let us not forget them as well, for these are the great men and women who are the descendants to the millions who fought for this great victory and are the ones tasked to carry the flames of this great victory into the future. May we forever never ever forget the Allied heroes and martyrs of the Second World War in Europe, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific who all through these years of warfare helped make possible the victory we celebrate today, 75 years on to the day of the conclusion of this war and of the victory against the Axis Powers in all the theaters of this global conflict, and in looking onwards to the anniversaries of such a great victory even without the presence physically of the heroic generation that won this war against the evil aggressors, may we forever inherit their legacy of service to their country and people, towards the defense of the freedom and independence of the free world against domestic and foreign enemies and ideologies against the spirit and legacy of those who fought for the sake of the human race and the peace and progress of the world.

To all of you, our dear living veterans of this war who still are with us, rest assured that as you all live our remaining days on this earth, we will forever honor and remember the great victory you all won against the forces of international  fascism, imperialism, dictatorship, racism, xenophobia and totalitarianism symbolized by the Axis Powers, carry onwards the memories of your service with the armed forces of the victorious Allied Powers and instill in our future generations the value of patriotism, courage, audacity, bravery, cooperation, respect, harmony and dignity, and above all, the value of helping in the defense of the country and people for the continued survival of our freedom and independence, towards the goal of a better tomorrow strong and free for our children and grandchildren. By your legacy we therefore promise to forever honor your combined sacrifices and contribution to the victorious conclusion of this long war, to work hard to defend the principles of independence and sovereignty and give all our time and talent in labor in times of war and peace and in times of disaster and need for the sake of building a stronger, prosperous and independent world by building up our economy, fighting the ills of our current society, improving education, help preserve the environment, promote culture and the arts as well as local traditions and the way of life of aboriginal and Native American communities, promote and protect the freedom of religion and the sanctity of human lives, promote a healthy lifestyle and a sporting way of life, and forever honor the places and people who are part of our history while maintaining readiness to instill in our future generations a spirit of preparedness to serve their country and people to the best of their ability and fight the evils that are still present in our world of today!

Today, as the world celebrates this historic 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we, the millions of people of the free world, today we pledge, more than ever before, to honor the sacrifices of the heroes of the past and work towards achieving the goals of peace and progress and a better world fought by these valiant men and women who risked their lives for the defense of our liberties and civil and human rights against the Axis Powers and ensured the victorious advance towards a world that is just and diverse, where Nature’s wonders have been restored to former glories and wherein humanity lives in the spirit of peace, friendship and cooperation built on the heroic acts by the heroes of our past.

On this very great day of our history and in the history of humanity, this very important day in which we celebrate as one people the 75th year anniversary of the official glorious and victorious conclusion of the 6-year long Second World War, and the official surrender of the military forces of the Empire of Japan, we greet all of you the people of the free world, and most especially to all of you our remaining veterans of this long and great conflict, who helped win this great victory and opened the gates for a better future for all of humanity, as heroes who risked even their lives for the defeat of the military and political might of the Axis Powers, to all you our veterans of succeeding conflicts and in UN peacekeeping operations worldwide and to all and of our men and women and veterans of the military and civil uniformed services and uniformed youth groups from all the Allied combatant countries as we today mark 75 years since the final defeat of the Axis Powers in the Asia-Pacific and the victory over the Empire of Japan!

For all of us, it wil forever be a day of remembrance and celebration of the great victory in which our forebears won against the might of the Axis Powers all over the world, and a day in which we will forever uphold the legacy of the millions who died for the values that are worth defending and fighting for, then as in today. We will never stop honoring the blessed memory of these men and women who sacrificed their lives for the freedom and independence of our world. We will never stop reminding our children and future generations of the cost of the freedoms we celebrate. And we shall always light up the legacy in which these millions of men and women lived and fought for, which is the great victory that we celebrate today.

Today, we celebrate with all of you, the people of the free world and forever treasure in our hearts and minds the memory and legacy left behind by these the millions of men and women who 75 years ago celebrated the conclusion of such a war that forever changed our world and a war that they won against the forces of the Axis Powers at the cost of millions of lives lost from the plains and mountains of Europe, the sands of northern Africa and the Middle East, towards the diverse lands of the Asia-Pacific. Today and always we continue to remember their sacrifice for the sake of us and for the generations to come who will forever honor and commemorate their contributions to freedoms we cherish to this day. Even as the growing tide of evil may be rising again, united with the men and women of our NATO armed forces and the armed forces of our allies abroad in the performance of their patriotic, internationalist and military duties for the sake of the freedom and independence of the peoples of the free world, armed with the best and modern equipment, arms, vehicles, ships and aircraft, and united with the public security services and the hard work of our people of all sectors of society, no obstacle cannot be overcome, no problem can be left unsolved and no stone left unturned in our efforts to forever maintain the legacy left behind by these heroes of the Second World War, who fought at the cost of their lives to win the victory that we celebrate not just on this day but also every day of our lives!

More than ever before in our history, we will never let the fire of the great victory won 75 years ago fade away in our hearts, and forever maintain the legacies of victory won by the great generations who fought before us!

Today, as we mark this great day in our history, may we never regret to recall the heroic deeds of our predecessors who fought in this war and of all our past naval aviators who flew throughout all these years for the sake of the freedom and independence not just of the United States of America and Canada, but the freedom and independence of all of the free world. May we as one united people never tire of honoring the memory of our heroic forebears and always work hard to be worthy of their sacrifices, most of all, for the sake of our present and for the future of our world and of all humanity. We will never forget their tireless sacrifices for the sake of the freedoms we enjoy today and always uphold what this victory truly means – a victory against the ever present forces of international fascism and totalitarianism around the world!

nd in conclusion, as we today mark this historic anniversary since the victory over Japan and the conclusion of the Second World War, as we today mark it with remembrance and joyful celebration, may we who keep this sacred holiday and recall the millions who died to make this victory possible  with respect and reverence especially for those who went before us shall be worthy of what they fought and died for, for building a world of peace, harmony and progress, a clean environment, and a brighter future for all our children and grandchildren - truly the very future that is truly worth defending and the very future our forefathers fought with their very own lives. With our greatest gratitude may we, the successors to this great generation of victors, always and forever treasure in our hearts all those who have gone before us and have entrusted to us the spirit of defending our freedom and liberty in all those years from the beginning of the war up to the great victories in which we honor today, everyday and in the years and decades to come! And may we forever cherish the victory won today, the very reason of the freedoms we live, and forever kindle the fire of victory that will enflame our memories both now and in the brighter tomorrow that is to come!

As the men of Easy Company would always say:  WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER!

ETERNAL GLORY TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEDICAL WORKERS AND PROFESSIONALS AND PERSONNEL OF UNIFORMED SERVICES WHO PERISHED IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC!

ETERNAL GLORY TO THE MLLIONS OF THE FALLEN AND THE HEROES AND VETERANS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EUROPE, NORTHERN AFRICA AND THE ASIA-PACIFIC FROM 1939-1945, WHOSE LEGACY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY ALL OF US TODAY AND BY ALL THE GENERATIONS TO COME!

ETERNAL GLORY TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF OUR WORLD AGAINST FASCISM, NAZISM AND IMPERIALISM IN THE FIELDS OF BATTLE, THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AND IN THE HOME FRONT!

LONG LIVE THE VICTORIOUS MEN AND WOMEN IN THE SERVICE OF THE ALLIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EUROPE, NORTHERN AFRICA AND THE ASIA-PACIFIC!

LONG LIVE ALL THE ALLIED MILITARY, PARAMILITARY AND CIVIL VETERANS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR!

LONG LIVE THE INVINCIBLE AND FOREVER VICTORIOUS PEOPLE OF THE FREE WORLD AND ALL OUR SERVING ACTIVE AND RESERVE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN AND VETERANS OF THE ARMED SERVICES OF ALL THE COMBATANT ALLIED COUNTRIES THAT HELPED WIN THIS GREAT WAR AGAINST FASCISM, NAZISM AND IMPERIALISM, AS WELL AS ALL OUR ACTIVE AND RESERVE SERVICE PERSONNEL, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND VETERANS OF THE POLICE, FIREFIGHTING, FORESTRY, BORDER CONTROL, CUSTOMS AND RESCUE SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR YOUTH OF TODAY AND THE CHILDREN OF OUR TOMORROW WHO WILL CARRY ON THE LEGACY OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE THEM, ESPECIALLY TO THE MILLIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO TOOK PART IN THIS GREAT WORLD WAR!

LONG LIVE THE GLORIOUS 75TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AND THE GREAT VICTORY OVER THE FORCES OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN AND THE AXIS POWERS!

GLORY TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND FRANCE, TOGETHER WITH THE ARMED SERVICES OF THE OTHER VICTORIOUS COMBATANT COUNTRIES OF THE ALLIED POWERS, GUARDIAN DEFENDERS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE, OUR FREEDOM AND OUR LIBERTY AND GUARANTEE OF A FUTURE WORTHY OF OUR GENERATIONS TO COME!

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO ALL OVER THE WORLD, A VERY HAPPY  75TH VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY!

And may I repeat the immortal words of the Polish National Anthem:

Poland has not yet perished, so long as we still live!

CURRAHEE! AIR ASSAULT! ARMY STRONG! SEMPER FI!

Ooooooooooooooooooraaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

 1830h, September 2, 2020, the 244th year of the United States of America, the 245th year of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, the 126th of the International Olympic Committee, the 124th of the Olympic Games, the 102nd since the conclusion of the First World War, the 81st of the beginning of the Second World War in Europe, the 79th since the beginning of the Second World War in the Eastern Front and in the Pacific Theater, the 75th since the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and the victories in Europe and the Pacific, the 73rd of the modern United States Armed Forces and the 53rd of the modern Canadian Armed Forces.

  Semper Fortis

JOHN EMMANUEL RAMOS-HENDERSON

Makati City, PH

 (Requiem for a Soldier) (Honor by Hans Zimmer)

(Slavsya from Mikhail Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar)

(Victory Day by Lev Leshenko)

(Last Post) (Taps) (Rendering Honors)

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Remembrance Day Ceremonies.

New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada.

11 November 2018. Today marks the centenary of the armistice on the 11th of November 1918: the end, for the most part, of the First World War.

At 17:30, the bell of a local church, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, - along with many others nationwide - will ring out one-hundred times to honour the 100th year since the end of the war.

This small album features, among others, photographs of members of Branch 33, Royal Canadian Legion; The Br. 33 Ladies’ Auxiliary; The Ontario Provincial Police; The Timiskaming Shores Fire Department (New Liskeard); and the 2344 Royal Canadian Army Cadets, Algonquin Regiment.

All photos have been donated to Br. 33, RCL

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Had to sit out of pitball for a bit because it got super, super loud. My friend stayed by me till it got quieter [and till I calmed down] though, so that was nice.

I also chugged a hole can of grape Fanta and ate half Aero bar. So.

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Cadet killed in Kingston crash remembered as selfless friend eager to start military career

Cadet killed in Kingston crash remembered as selfless friend eager to start military career

Andrés Salek was looking forward to graduating from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont., and moving into a more hands-on role in the Canadian Army before he died in a tragic crash, recalls his friend Denis Zvynka. “He always told me how he was excited about his next steps,” said Zvynka. Salek was poised to graduate with a degree in military and strategic studies, but early April…

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“1,000 Young Canadians Will Train As Pilots For Royal Air Force,” Toronto Star. January 27, 1939. Page 21. --- Canada Plans To Bolster Air Defences By Training 1,000 Pilots Fresh From College --- Following training In Canada, Majority Will Join R.A.F. The Candian government has voted $6,000,000 for training pilots during the next 14 months. Recruits will come from universities and from the Royal Military college, Kingston. On completion of their training in Canada, a large proportion will join Britain’s Royal Air Force. United States flying cadets at Randolph Field, Texas, are show (LEFT) with parachute packs on their backs, marching toward their ships for a cross country flight. The training airplanes (RIGHT), with their pilots seated at the controls, are ready with motors roaring to fly into the winter sky at three-minute intervals. Each ship is equipped with radio transmitter and receiver and complete blind-flying instruments.

Future American Air Officers All Set To Soar Into The Blue By building up its armed forces, President Roosevelt believes the United States can contribute to world peace. As other nations gear factories and training schools to turn out ever-increasing numbers of airplanes and qualified pilots, the United States looks to the possible necessity of defending its vast expanses of territory. Speed and endurance of modern battle squadrons of the air have brought home to the U.S. government the necessity for a strong air fleet. These flying cadets at Randolph Field, Texas, may one day form part of the backbone of the American army air corps. Rigged out in full winter air equipment, they are ready to take off on a training flight.

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Far-right extremists in Ukraine brag they have received training from the Canadian Forces: report

Far-right extremists in Ukraine’s military have bragged they received training from the Canadian Forces and other NATO nations, a new study from an American university has uncovered. The study from an institute at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., tracked social media accounts of the far-right group Centuria, documenting its Ukrainian military members giving Nazi salutes, promoting white nationalism and praising members of Nazi SS units.

The far-right group has been active since 2018 at the Hetman Petro Sahaidachny National Army Academy or NAA, according to the report from George Washington’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies. The NAA is Ukraine’s premier military education institution and a major hub for western military assistance to the country, including from Canada.

Centuria members acknowledged on social media they have received training from the Canadian military and have participated in military exercises with Canada. In May, Centuria organizers boasted to their followers that its members currently served as officers in Ukraine’s military and “have succeeded in establishing cooperation with foreign colleagues from such countries as France, the United Kingdom, Canada, the USA, German and Poland,” according to the institute’s report.

“The Ukrainian military’s failure to check Centuria activities suggests a level of tolerance on its part for the apparent proliferation of far-right ideology and influence within the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the study warned. One member of the group has received officer training in the United Kingdom’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, graduating in late 2020. Another attended the German Army Officer’s Academy in Dresden in 2019.

In the summer of 2019, Centuria came out in support of a rally held by Ukrainian far-right groups to counter the LGBTQ “Kyiv Pride” event. Centuria released a statement that it supported “right patriots, nationalists, conservatives and Christians currently defending the streets of Kyiv from perverts from the LGBT movement and their left-liberal sympathizers.”

The NAA denied to the university researchers that Centuria operated within the academy and noted it had no tolerance for extremism. But the report has several photos of NAA cadets giving Nazi salutes and promoting far-right material. One of the NAA cadets used to be a firearms instructor for a far-right group that the United Jewish Community of Ukraine accused in 2021 of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda.

Canadian Forces spokeswoman Lt.-Cmdr. Julie McDonald said it was up to Ukraine to vet its own security forces. But, if Canadian military personnel saw first-hand evidence of extremist views, they could refuse to train those soldiers, she added. The Canadian Forces, however, does not proactively examine the backgrounds of those they train or look for signs of support for far-right causes.

“The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces are strongly opposed to the glorification of Nazism and all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance and extremism,” McDonald added. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence told university researchers that it did not screen those entering the military or military cadets for extremist views and ties. It stated concerns about Centuria were baseless and that such an organization was “fake.”

Bernie Farber, head of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, said it was not good enough for the Canadian military to take a passive approach in regard to far-right extremism when it came to its training of foreign soldiers. “Clearly Canada has a responsibility when it comes to who it trains,” Farber said. “It’s not good enough just to leave it to the Ukrainians. The end result is the fact that Canadian troops may have trained Ukrainian Neo-Nazis.”

Concerns about such training have been circulating since 2015, when it was first decided to send Canadian troops to Ukraine. In April of that year, then-defence minister Jason Kenney acknowledged that Canadian military leaders discussed how to avoid training extremists. That was done initially by stipulating that only units of the Ukrainian National Guard and army be trained as opposed to some of the ad hoc militias that had sprung up in the country at the time.

But MP Jack Harris, then the NDP defence critic, warned that far-right groups were integrating themselves into the military, making it difficult to weed out extremists. Centuria also has ties to the Azov movement. In 2018, the U.S. Congress banned the use of U.S. funds to provide arms, training and other assistance to the Azov Battalion because of its links to the far right and Neo Nazis.

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COMMEMORATIVE MESSAGE IN HONOR OF THE 74TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT ALLIED VICTORY OVER JAPAN AND THE VICTORIOUS AND DEFINITE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Ladies and gentlemen, to all the people of the United States of America and Canada and of the other combatant countries which formed the victorious Allies of the Second World War, to all our living veterans of the Second World War of 1939-1945 and of all conflicts past and present and their families, to our veterans, active servicemen and women and reservists of the entire United States Armed Forces and the Canadian Armed Forces, to all the immediate families, relatives, children and grandchildren of the deceased veterans, fallen service personnel and wounded personnel of our military services and civil uniformed security and civil defense services, to all our workers, farmers and intellectuals, to our youth and personnel serving in youth uniformed organizations, youth interest and hobby groups, youth sports and cadet organizations and all our athletes, coaches, judges, sports trainers and sports officials, and to all our sports fans, to all our workers of culture, music, traditional arts and the theatrical arts, radio, television, digital media and social media, cinema, heavy and light industry, business and the press, and to all our people of the free world:

To all men and women of goodwill, our  dearest greetings of joy and gladness.

For it was on this day in history when in 1792 when the September Massacres, the mass slaughter of the Catholic clergy and supporters of the monarchy during the early stages of the French Revolution, began as revolutionary crows stormed into the prisons killing supporters of the deposed royal family.

It was on this day in 1872 that the Battle of Sedan ended with a historic defeat for the French Army.

It was on this day in 1960 when the in-exile Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration held its very first elections.

Today, we celebrate Labor Day in the United States and Canada, celebrating the importance of labor and the contributions of working people to the progress and development of society and towards national prosperity.

And today, September 2,  following the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of its beginning in Eastern Europe, we mark as one united people of the world the 74th year anniversary since the historic victorious conclusion of the Second World War in the Asia-Pacific, the formal end of a six-year long war that forever changed the history of the human race and its destiny.  As we recall that day in which the long global conflict that began in Europe, just as hostilities were ongoing for over two years in China and Korea, had now concluded in the Asia-Pacific, we remember the millions who throughout the course of this war as part of the armed forces victorious Allies, paid with their lives, the ultimate sacrifice for the liberation of the peoples of the world from the oppression and suffering of the Axis Powers in all the theaters of this war.

Recalling therefore today the very moment representatives of the Allied military forces and the armed forces of the Empire of Japan, the Allied national governments and the Japanes government offically signed on the deck of the US navy battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) the official documents of the unconditional surrender of the  government, armed forces and people of the Empire of Japan to the victorious Allies, a demand taken during the Postdam Declaration earlier that April and one that Japan accepted with deep sadness, with ceremonies of surrender being conducted in other parts of East Asia in the coming days, ending 8 years of warfare that griped the Asia-Pacific and 6 years of a global conflict that defined history and forever changed the face and destiny of the world and of all the human race, we today reminise the thousands of days in which our fighting men and women of the Allied armed forces fought tremenous battles on land, air and sea, the millions of Allied paramilitary guerilllas fought in unconventional operations within and behind enemy lines, the men and women of the intelligence agencies who worked round the clock at home and behind enemy lines to gather information to help our forces plan for crucial operations against enemy forces, the millions of working men and women of the home front industries who helped supply needed equipment, fuel, water and vehicles, as well as shipping and aerial supplies, to the servicemen in the frontlines, the medical professionals who helped in treating the wounded, the chaplains who prayed for the living and the dead and the people in culture and the arts, in the press, film and television, in businesses and enterprises,  and in sports who tiressesly assisted in the war effort and gave their best to support the men and women of the Allies in every way possible through their talents. For such a great victory, that had been paved by the blood of the millions of lives lost during this long and painful conflict, including Jews, members of other religious communities, people who sympathized with the resistance movement and anti-Nazi activists and politicians, as well as of Poles and others in Soviet concentration camps and Gulag camps and by exile to  other parts of the USSR of various ethnic communities, as well as the massive Japanese persecution, injustices, murder and violent acts directed at the Chinese and dissident citizens and people of other faiths in the Asia-Pacific  and Axis aerial bombardments and sea attacks on merchant shipping and supply convoys, had indeed been impossible if not for the great support shown by every one of our millions of people, who through their efforts contributed to the great and glorious victory that we remember today. Such indeed is the importance of this great victory that we remember on this very day of our history.

This was indeed a day that everyone had waited all these 6 years. A day the millions who fought in the Allied military forces and guerilla organizations anticipated, many would die in combat but many more lived to see this day come, a day that would usher in the end of this long conflict and the victory won against the Axis Powers. Indeed the sacrifices of the millions who were mobilized to fight those who were threatening peace and the future of the world, as well as the blood poured by those who fell in this long period of our history, and the suffering felt by so many people in the territories where the war had impacted directly all led up to this great day. Of the millions who answered the call, millions less died in battle in the uniforms of the Allied armed forces in Europe, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific and in naval operations everywehre,  while millions still lived long for the great day of victory to arrive on the 2nd of September, 1945, exactly 74 years ago.

In remembering the great victory celebrated today we recall the great deeds performed by thebrave men and women of the Allies’ armed forces and paramilitary guerillas in conventional and unconventional operations in the land, air and sea, whose adversity in battle, determination, iron-willed strength, courage, friendship, bravery and perserverance, and above all the readiness to sacrifice life and limb for the sake for the cause of the defeat of the ideologies that begun this conflict eight decades past, as well as those in the home front whose eagerness, determination and hard work helped support those in the field. We also remember the millions who fell in battle and the wounded, whose legacy still remain in our memories, as well as the commanders of all the Allied fronts, commands and military active and reserve formations who steered the course in which our joint forces fought the war to its conclusion. In these changing times, whereas the ideologies that caused this war have manifested once more in the world in this very age, more than ever before in our days we all must remember the legacy left behind by these heroes, who the world honors as the “Greatest Generation” ever to have lived on this earth, now only by the thousands due to old age, who are the reason for the freedoms we live today and for the determination of our present generations to build on a brighter tomorrow for humankind. It is they who by their combined efforts through intense battles that changed humankind in sites like Dunkirk, Leningrad, the Brest Fortress, Moscow, Tula, Borodino, Sevastopol, El Alamein, Tobruk, Stalingrad, Kursk, Normandy, Caretan, Paris, Minsk, Monte Cassino, Eindhoven, Rome, Smolensk, Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, Lyon, Bastogne, Warsaw, Bryansk, Anapa, Smolensk, Lviv, Shanghai, Pearl Harbor, the Bataan Peninsula, Corregidor Island, Singapore, Besang Pass, Hong Kong, Wuhan, Midway Island, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, the Santa Cruz Islands, Belgrade, Sofia, the Caucasus, Karelia, Cologne, Xiamen, Budapest, Tunis and many more, in the land, air, and sea, from every terrain and in any weather condition, from the sands of the Sahara, up to the Normandy beaches, the British skies, the forests and plains of the Low Countries, the mighty mountains and valleys of the Alps and Balkans, the marshes at Pripyat, the Ukrainian steppes to the Arctic and the snowy lands of Scandinavia, towards the jungles of Myanmar and the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and Indonesia, in the changing terrains and landscapes of China and Korea, and in the Pacific Islands and New Guinea, in both conventional battles and unconventional actions on land, air, and sea by the Allied military forces, in covert actions committed by the Allied intelligence services,  in combat actions and active activities by the pro-Allied partisan forces, and in pro-war relief and morale-boosting labor by the home front civilians and workers in the military and civil industries,in culture and the arts, in the press, film and television, in businesses and enterprises, and as sportsmen and women in sports ended not just the Axis political, economic, military and ideological threat to our independence and liberty but also ensured the survival of the principles of freedom, peace, progress, economic development, culture and care for the environment for the generations of today and of the future to come. 

Marking this great anniversary, with deep respect and profound gratitude we today honor these  millions of heroes, who, through their personal and combined efforts, secured the final victory we honor today against the Axis Powers, ending once and for all their evil plans for the domination of the world and the repression of peoples. Today and always may we by our words and actions recall the memory of these men and women who served during those years of combat in every corner of the world who are even in this present time and in a modern way of life are still honored not just by battle honors and monuments but also in various works and in radio, television, film and digital media, and who today we, the descendants of this heroic and great generation of heroes, and the generations of tomorrow must keep in our minds and hearts, among them the men and women of the intelligence services who helped provide the Allied military leadership  with information on enemy locations and movements, Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, formerly 4th Brigade Combat Team and now 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, United States Army, the brave men of the 1st Marine Division’s 1st, 5th and 7th Marine Regiments, the tankers of the 2nd Armored Division, the aviators and air crews of the 8th Air Force, and all our sportsmen and women who served under the colours of the Allied military forces during the long war and helped win the definite victory against tyranny and oppresion, be forever in our memories and our profound remembrance, not just by their families and descendants but by the very people they fought and died for in the fields of battle, the frontlines, the concentration camps and the home front, and by the people and youth of today and our future generations of men and women, most especially to all considering careers in the uniformed services, so that their legacies to the peoples of the world will be conserved for posterity and for the sake of those who will follow in their footsteps today and in the future.  On this day of celebration for millions of people all over the globe we once again send our greetings to the hundreds of thousands of men and women in active service and in the reserves in the armed forces,  police, public security, forestry, border security, civil defense and emergency services of the Allied combatant countries and their families,our working people, agricultural workers and those working in science and technology, education, tourism, culture and the arts and in the mass media and the press and all our sportsmen and women, as well as our military and civil uniformed service veterans and their families, and the families of all who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for the defense of our principles and of our liberty and independence.  As we today celebrate the 74th year of the great victory against the Axis Powers in the Asia-Pacific, let us not forget them as well, for these are the great men and women who are the descendants to the millions who fought for this great victory and are the ones tasked to carry the flames of this great victory into the future. May we forever never ever forget the Allied heroes and martyrs of the Second World War in Europe, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific who all through these years of warfare helped make possible the victory we celebrate today, 74 years on to the day of the conclusion of this war and of the victory against the Axis Powers in all the theaters of this global conflict, and as we begin the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of this war, all the more we look forward towards the 80th anniversary of its glorious conclusion, ready to inform the families and relatives of the millions who served that forever may their legacy inspire us all to fight for the freedom and independence of the peoples of the free world!

To all of you, our dear living veterans of this war who still are with us, rest assured that as you all live our remaining days on this earth, we will forever honor and remember the great victory you all won against the forces of international  fascism, imperialism, dictatorship, racism, xenophobia and totalitarianism symbolized by the Axis Powers, carry onwards the memories of your service with the armed forces of the victorious Allied Powers and instill in our future generations the value of patriotism, courage, audacity, bravery, cooperation, respect, harmony and dignity, and above all, the value of helping in the defense of the country and people for the continued survival of our freedom and independence, towards the goal of a better tomorrow strong and free for our children and grandchildren. By your legacy we therefore promise to forever honor your combined sacrifices and contribution to the victorious conclusion of this long war, to work hard to defend the principles of independence and sovereignty and give all our time and talent in labor in times of war and peace and in times of disaster and need for the sake of building a stronger, prosperous and independent world by building up our economy, fighting the ills of our current society, improving education, help preserve the environment, promote culture and the arts as well as local traditions and the way of life of aboriginal and Native American communities, promote and protect the freedom of religion and the sanctity of human lives, promote a healthy lifestyle and a sporting way of life, and forever honor the places and people who are part of our history while maintaining readiness to instill in our future generations a spirit of preparedness to serve their country and people to the best of their ability and fight the evils that are still present in our world of today!

On this very great day of our history and in the history of humanity, this very important day in which we celebrate as one people the 74th year anniversary of the official glorious and victorious conclusion of the 6-year long Second World War, and the official surrender of the military forces of the Empire of Japan, we greet all of you the people of the free world, and most especially to all of you our remaining veterans of this long and great conflict, who helped win this great victory and opened the gates for a better future for all of humanity, as heroes who risked even their lives for the defeat of the military and political might of the Axis Powers, to all you our veterans of succeeding conflicts and in UN peacekeeping operations worldwide and to all and of our men and women and veterans of the military and civil uniformed services and uniformed youth groups from all the Allied combatant countries as we today mark 74 years since the final defeat of the Axis Powers in the Asia-Pacific and the victory over the Empire of Japan!

For all of us, it wil forever be a day of remembrance and celebration of the great victory in which our forebears won against the might of the Axis Powers all over the world, and a day in which we will forever uphold the legacy of the millions who died for the values that are worth defending and fighting for, then as in today. We will never stop honoring the blessed memory of these men and women who sacrificed their lives for the freedom and independence of our world. We will never stop reminding our children and future generations of the cost of the freedoms we celebrate. And we shall always light up the legacy in which these millions of men and women lived and fought for, which is the great victory that we celebrate today.

Today, we celebrate with all of you, the people of the free world and forever treasure in our hearts and minds the memory and legacy left behind by these the millions of men and women who 74 years ago celebrated the conclusion of such a war that forever changed our world and a war that they won against the forces of the Axis Powers at the cost of millions of lives lost from the plains and mountains of Europe, the sands of northern Africa and the Middle East, towards the diverse lands of the Asia-Pacific. Today and always we continue to remember their sacrifice for the sake of us and for the generations to come who will forever honor and commemorate their contributions to freedoms we cherish to this day. Even as the growing tide of evil may be rising again, united with the men and women of our NATO armed forces and the armed forces of our allies abroad in the performance of their patriotic, internationalist and military duties for the sake of the freedom and independence of the peoples of the free world, armed with the best and modern equipment, arms, vehicles, ships and aircraft, and united with the public security services and the hard work of our people of all sectors of society, no obstacle cannot be overcome, no problem can be left unsolved and no stone left unturned in our efforts to forever maintain the legacy left behind by these heroes of the Second World War, who fought at the cost of their lives to win the victory that we celebrate not just on this day but also every day of our lives!

And in conclusion, as we today mark this historic anniversary since the victory over Japan and the conclusion of the Second World War, as we today mark it with remembrance and joyful celebration, may we who keep this sacred holiday and recall the millions who died to make this victory possible  with respect and reverence especially for those who went before us shall be worthy of what they fought and died for, for building a world of peace, harmony and progress, a clean environment, and a brighter future for all our children and grandchildren - truly the very future that is truly worth defending and the very future our forefathers fought with their very own lives. With our greatest gratitude may we, the successors to this great generation of victors, always and forever treasure in our hearts all those who have gone before us and have entrusted to us the spirit of defending our freedom and liberty in all those years from the beginning of the war up to the great victories in which we honor today, everyday and in the years and decades to come! And may we forever cherish the victory won today, the very reason of the freedoms we live, and forever kindle the fire of victory that will enflame our memories both now and in the brighter tomorrow that is to come!

As the men of Easy Company would always say:  WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER!

ETERNAL GLORY TO THE MLLIONS OF THE FALLEN AND THE HEROES AND VETERANS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EUROPE, NORTHERN AFRICA AND THE ASIA-PACIFIC FROM 1939-1945, WHOSE LEGACY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY ALL OF US TODAY AND BY ALL THE GENERATIONS TO COME!

ETERNAL GLORY TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF OUR WORLD AGAINST FASCISM, NAZISM AND IMPERIALISM IN THE FIELDS OF BATTLE, THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AND IN THE HOME FRONT!

LONG LIVE THE VICTORIOUS MEN AND WOMEN IN THE SERVICE OF THE ALLIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EUROPE, NORTHERN AFRICA AND THE ASIA-PACIFIC!

LONG LIVE ALL THE ALLIED MILITARY, PARAMILITARY AND CIVIL VETERANS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR!

LONG LIVE THE INVINCIBLE AND FOREVER VICTORIOUS PEOPLE OF THE FREE WORLD AND ALL OUR SERVING ACTIVE AND RESERVE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN AND VETERANS OF THE ARMED SERVICES OF ALL THE COMBATANT ALLIED COUNTRIES THAT HELPED WIN THIS GREAT WAR AGAINST FASCISM, NAZISM AND IMPERIALISM, AS WELL AS ALL OUR ACTIVE AND RESERVE SERVICE PERSONNEL, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND VETERANS OF THE POLICE, FIREFIGHTING, FORESTRY, BORDER CONTROL, CUSTOMS AND RESCUE SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR YOUTH OF TODAY AND THE CHILDREN OF OUR TOMORROW WHO WILL CARRY ON THE LEGACY OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE THEM, ESPECIALLY TO THE MILLIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO TOOK PART IN THIS GREAT WORLD WAR!

LONG LIVE THE GLORIOUS 74TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AND THE GREAT VICTORY OVER THE FORCES OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN AND THE AXIS POWERS!

GLORY TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND FRANCE, TOGETHER WITH THE ARMED SERVICES OF THE OTHER VICTORIOUS COMBATANT COUNTRIES OF THE ALLIED POWERS, GUARDIAN DEFENDERS OF OUR DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE, OUR FREEDOM AND OUR LIBERTY AND GUARANTEE OF A FUTURE WORTHY OF OUR GENERATIONS TO COME!

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO ALL OVER THE WORLD, A VERY HAPPY 74TH VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY!

  And may I repeat the immortal words of the Polish National Anthem:

Poland has not yet perished, so long as we still live!

CURRAHEE! AIR ASSAULT! ARMY STRONG! SEMPER FI!

Ooooooooooooooooooraaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2330h, September 2, 2019, the 242th year of the United States of America and the 151st of Canada, the 244th year of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, the 125th of the International Olympic Committee, the 123rd of the Olympic Games, the 78th since the beginning of the Second World War in the Eastern Front and in the Pacific Theater, the 74th since the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and the victories in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, the 7th since the attacks on Benghazi, the 14th of Operation Red Wings, the 72nd of the United States Department of Defense and the United States Armed Forces and the 52nd of the modern Canadian Armed Forces.

Semper Fortis John Emmanuel Ramos Makati City, Philippines Grandson of the late Philippine Navy veteran PO2 Paterno Cueno, PN (Ret.)

(Requiem for a Soldier) (Honor by Hans Zimmer) (Slavsya from Mikhail Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar) (Victory Day by Lev Leshenko) (Last Post) (Taps) (Rendering Honors)

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Les Peate: An Old Soldier Has Faded Away

by Scott Taylor

In the early hours of Friday 26 February, 2021 we received the sad news that Les Peate had passed away the previous afternoon. We were notified by the Peate family, but for the past three decades we have been proud to consider Les Peate as a much loved member of the Esprit de Corps family. Peate joined our writing team almost from the outset of us launching the monthly version in May 1991. 

We soon discovered there was almost no part of the Canadian defence community to which Peate was not somehow connected. He had fought in the Korean War with the British army but then subsequently served for 16 years in the Canadian Forces. 

He dedicated his time to the Korea Veteran’s Association (KVA), and ended up serving a term as their National President.

Peate was also: a devoted member of the Royal Canadian Legion, a Liaison officer to the Army Cadet League, a volunteer at the Canadian War Museum and an eager participant with the Memory Project Speakers’ Forum. Peate was the last surviving member of a team that we unoffically dubbed ‘The Old Guard’. This was Esprit

de Corps’ original historical writing team which included fellow historians Strome Galloway and Norm Shannon, both of whom were WW2 veterans of the RCR and RCAF respectively.

Peate initially contributed to Esprit de Corps, monthly features on the Canadian military involvement in the Korean War. These short stories were eventually compiled into a chronological account of that conflict which was released as Peate’s 2005 bestselling book The War That Wasn’t: Canadians in Korea. Following the completion of that book Peate admitted that after writing 168 stories, over 14 years, covering a conflict that lasted only 3 years, he had run out of new Korean War material. 

Instead, Peate began producing a monthly Trivia section and what would become one of our most popular monthly segments The Old Guard Update. In these columns Peate would bring readers up to date on all the latest developments in the world of Canadian veterans. While often holding the VAC government officials’ feet to the fire with his writings, Peate was still held in high esteem by the VAC bureaucracy.

Les Peate leaves behind Joyce his loving and devoted wife of 71 years. For those who were blessed to know them, they were truly a tight team – a dynamic duo. At Esprit

de Corps we did not regard them individually, but rather collectively they were simply known to us as “Les & Joyce”. While Les contributed his writing skills and extensive military experience, Joyce spent years volunteering her bookkeeping skills to assist with the magazine’s administration. The two Peates also consistently volunteered for our monthly mail–out sessions when we used to manually affix the labels to every subscribers’ copy. 

On behalf of the entire extended Esprit de Corps family I wish to offer Joyce and the Peate family our sincere condolences on the loss of a truly great man. He was a soldier to the bitter end. He is gone but will never be forgotten.

Rest In Peace Leslie Peate.

Les Peate In His Own Words

Editor’s Note: This bio passage was written by Les Peate about himself (circa 2006), and it clearly reveals both his humility and humour.

Les Peate’s military career began when, as an army cadet, he was poised to prevent a German invasion of his homeland, armed with an 1880’s Martini-Enfield carbine (but no ammo). The success of this was evident as the Nazis were obviously deterred from invading Britain. Later Les joined the British army, perhaps his most notable exploit being to pass out on his first Buckingham Palace guard. He later served with no particular distinction as an infantryman in the Far East and later in Korea.

Following his release he became a “bobby” in England for a couple of years until, lured by the high pay he remembered from his Canadian contacts in Korea, he joined the Canadian Army in 1954, serving for 16 years in the Canadian Provost Corps, the Royal Canadian Regiment and eventually the Canadian Intelligence Corps.

After leaving the Regular Force in 1970 he worked with Employment and Immigration Canada until retiring in 1992.The last 10 years were spent in Emergency Planning. He also spent 15 years in the Reserves (CIC) finally hanging up his uniform (the tie and socks of which still fitted) in 1986. Since 1992 he has been active with the Korea Veterans Association (of which he is National Vice-President), as a Vice-Chairman of the National Council of Veterans Associations in Canada, and as a member of a number of committees and working groups on veterans’ issues. He is also a contributor on the Korean War, veterans’ issues, and other matters to the Canadian Military Magazine,

Esprit de Corps. He is partnered by a patient spouse (Joyce) who also helps out at this magazine, and is a slave to a ginger cat.

He has recently become a published author with his book The War That Wasn’t: Canadians in Korea detailing the lives of Canadian soldiers in the trenches of Korea.