2011 Convention – Penticton, BC - Legion
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SPECIAL SPEC CIAL TTRIBUTE<br />
TTRIBUTE<br />
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www.legionbcyukon.ca<br />
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PAID THE<br />
ULTIMATE PRICE WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY<br />
DURING THE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN.<br />
It has been a very long war. war . As we now mark the tenth t<br />
enth anniversary<br />
of the September September<br />
ember 11 11 att attacks,<br />
s, the American-led<br />
mission to<br />
destroy destr oy al-Qaida, knock the T TTaliban<br />
aliban from fr om power and st<br />
stabilize abilize Afghanistan Afghanist<br />
ghanist an ent enters ers<br />
it its s second second decade.<br />
decade.<br />
From<br />
om the early days, when Kandahar K<br />
andahar Airfield was still a Taliban T<br />
aliban stronghold<br />
to<br />
o the present pr<br />
esent moment, the Canadian<br />
Forces<br />
ces have have been been involved involved in in the the fight fight one one way way or or another. another<br />
another.<br />
. And And this this involvement involvement continues continues as as the the mission mission shift<br />
shift shifts s<br />
from<br />
combat tto<br />
o tr training aining Afghan Af<br />
ghan nationals.<br />
Afghanistan<br />
is Canada’s Canada’ ada’ ’s s single longest military milit<br />
ary conflict conflict <strong>–</strong> <strong>–</strong> and and the the cost cost in in lives, lives, as as yyou<br />
y you<br />
ou can can see see in in these these pages,<br />
pages,<br />
has been tr tragic. agic.<br />
Many of these men and women t<br />
took ook their their final final Canadian Canadian journey journey down down the the Highway Highway of of Her Heroes,<br />
from<br />
TTrenton<br />
renton<br />
on tto<br />
to<br />
TToronto,<br />
oronto,<br />
past hundr hundreds eds if not thousands of Canadians st<br />
standing anding at att attention ention <strong>–</strong> police saluting at the side of the<br />
rroad,<br />
oad, fir fireman eman on the on-r on-ramps, amps, <strong>Legion</strong>nair<br />
<strong>Legion</strong>naires es lining the bridges. This is how Canada r rremembers<br />
emembers<br />
them.<br />
PTE.<br />
NATHAN<br />
THAN SSMITH<br />
MITH<br />
3RD<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
AT TTALION,<br />
ALION, PPRINCESS<br />
RINCESS<br />
PA PATRICIA’S ATRICIA’S<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN LIGHT<br />
INFANTRY<br />
APRIL<br />
18, 2002<br />
CPL.<br />
ROBBIE CHRISTOPHER<br />
BEERENFENGER<br />
33RD<br />
RD BATTALION, BAT TTALION<br />
ALION,<br />
RO ROYAL YAL AL CANADIAN<br />
REGIMENT<br />
OCTOBER 2, 2003<br />
M.CPL. TIMOTHY WILSON<br />
2ND<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
ATT<br />
TALION, ALION, PRINCESS<br />
PATRICIA’S<br />
TRICIA’S<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN LLIGHT<br />
IGHT INFANTRY<br />
MARCH<br />
5, 2006<br />
PPTE.<br />
TE. RRICHARD<br />
ICHARD GGREEN<br />
REEN<br />
3RD<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
ATT<br />
TALION, ALION, PRINCESS PRINCESS<br />
PPATRICIA’S<br />
ATRICIA’S TRICIA’S<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN LLIGHT<br />
IGHT IINFANTRY<br />
NFANTRY<br />
AAPRIL<br />
PRIL 18, 2002<br />
CPL. JJAMIE<br />
AMIE BRENDAN MURPHY<br />
1ST<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
ATTAA<br />
LION,<br />
RO ROYAL YAA<br />
L<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN<br />
RE REGIMENT GIMENT<br />
JANUARY<br />
27,<br />
2004<br />
PTE. ROBERT COSTALL<br />
1ST<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
ATTALION,<br />
ALION, PRINCESS<br />
PPATRICIA’S<br />
ATRICIA’S TRICIA’S<br />
CANADIAN<br />
LIGHT<br />
INFANTRY<br />
MARCH 29, 2006<br />
CPL CPL. . AAINSWORTH<br />
INSWORTH DDYER<br />
YER<br />
3RD<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
ATT<br />
TALION, ALION, PPRINCESS<br />
RINCESS<br />
PA PATRICIA’S ATRICIA’S<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN LLIGHT<br />
IGHT IINFANTRY<br />
NFANTR ANTRY<br />
AAPRIL<br />
PRIL 18, 2002<br />
PTE. BRAUN SCOT<br />
SCOTT T WOODFIELD<br />
2ND<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
ATTAA<br />
LION,<br />
RO ROYAL YAA<br />
L<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN<br />
RE REGIMENT GIMENT<br />
NO NOVEMBER VEMBER<br />
224,<br />
4, 2005<br />
LIEUT.<br />
WILLIAM TURNER<br />
20TH<br />
FIELD AARTILLERY<br />
RTILLERY<br />
REGIMENT<br />
APRIL 22, 2006<br />
SGT. MARC D. LÉGER<br />
3RD BATTALION, PRINCESS PATRICIA’S<br />
CCANADIAN ANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY<br />
AAPRIL<br />
PRIL 18, 2002<br />
ALION<br />
SGT.<br />
MARC<br />
D.<br />
LÉGER<br />
3RD BATTALION,<br />
ALION, PRINCESS<br />
PATRICIA’S<br />
TRICIA’S<br />
ANADIAN LIGHT<br />
INFANTRY<br />
PRIL 18, 2002<br />
MR. GL<br />
GLYN LYN YN BERR BERRY Y<br />
FFOREIGN<br />
OREIGN A<br />
AFFAIRS FFA AIRS<br />
CCANADA<br />
ANADA<br />
JJANUARY<br />
AN<br />
UAR UARY<br />
15, 2006<br />
SSGT.<br />
GT.<br />
ROBERT<br />
ALAN<br />
SHORT<br />
33RD<br />
RD BBATTALION,<br />
ATTA<br />
ALION,<br />
RO ROYAL YAA<br />
L<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN<br />
RE REGIMENT GI M MENT<br />
OCTOBER 2, 2003<br />
CPL. PPAUL<br />
AUL DA DAVIS AVIS VVIS<br />
2ND<br />
BBATTALION,<br />
ATTALION,<br />
ALION, PPRINCESS<br />
RINCESS<br />
SS PPATRICIA’S<br />
ATRICIA’S TRICIA’S<br />
CCANADIAN<br />
ANADIAN LLIGHT<br />
IGHT IINFANTRY<br />
NF ANTR ANTRY<br />
MARCH<br />
2, 2006<br />
Originally published in the the the Sep/Oct <strong>2011</strong> issue of <strong>Legion</strong> Magazine.<br />
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