Canada

[Colin]

I worked with PPLCI a few times - superb soldiers!

PiobBear, before you tar us all with the same brush, just remember your first four words: "Some drunk ignorant nitwit..."

I think he made it pretty clear that he was talking about one specific individula and not a mass group of people.

[Fearnest]

I think he made it pretty clear that he was talking about one specific individula and not a mass group of people.

No harm intended, but I'm not so sure.

Some drunk ignorant dimwit was recently trying to razz me for piping for the Canadians, who he called cowards for not falling in on command and goose-stepping behind George Bush into his unmitigated catastrophe of Iraq. As for Canadian cowardice, I just thought that I might share a few things with you.

(SNIP)

The next time you overhear such B*S* in a pub, please remember some of the contributions Canadians have made and continue to make for peace and freedom around the world.

Emmet Bondurant, Piper, Post 144 Royal Canadian Legion

I took this to mean he was saying this sort of rant could be somewhat common in US drinking establishments. Seemed like a reasonable interpretation to me.

[LK-13]

My Grandfather on my Mothers side, Robert Paton was killed crossing the Gothic line in Italy. He die a hero saving 80% of his men from a German Pill Box
Taking hill 442.

My Uncle David Paton was Killed in Holland Driving the Germans out.

My Uncle Norm McLaughlin was the third man out of his landing craft on the beach at Normandy;
and he lived to talk about it!
He served with an American unit.

I feel personally insulted by the feelings that some people have about the Canadian Military. truth is there is a great deal that the general public doesn't know. and that's just how they like it.

you can't do something secrete if everybody knows your there.
that's a hint BTW.

[BEEDEE]

Piob Bear - I have stood at Vimy Ridge and seen the memorial there as well as numerous Canadian graves in the Somme from WWI. I'm a New Zealander so well aware of the contribution the the Commonwealth Countries made in WWI, WWII and the Korean War. You omitted to mention that the Canadians sent troops at the beginning of both WWI and WWII, not several years later!!

Brian

[cloves]

PioBear,
Thanks for standing up for us Canucks.
Admittedly, I don't know much about the military and have very mixed feelings when it comes to the current war in the middle east. I do know one thing for sure though and it's that the men and women who put their lives on the line (no matter where from) standing up for the things they believe in deserve our respect.

[The Wizard of BC]

PiobBear,
As Canada is my adopted country, and as I have served in the US Military, and as I hear far too much anti-Canadian/anti-US BS tossed across the border, I would like to thank you for posting that.
It should also be noted that during WWI the worlds first gas attack was directed against Canadians.
In WWII it was Canadians who liberated The Netherlands. (One city by only four men, one which was blind) For which many Dutch cities have adopted Canadians and each year hold celebrations to thank Canada for their freedom.
In Korea during the "Frozen Chosen" campaign USMC General "Chesty" Puller is most famous for saying, and I paraphrase, "What, we're totally surrounded? That's great, no matter which way we shoot we can kill them." But he also said later "I have no idea where our American lines are, but see that flag way over there on that mountain, that's the Canadians. Go that way."
And if you have ever seen the movie "Hotel Rwanda" the real-life person played by Nick Nolte was the Canadian commander in charge of the UN forces in that country.

Let the word go forth, Canada is not just the big pink area, north of the US, on your grade school map.

[elitekiltedcommando]

I like Canadians. They make good Maple Syrup... Oh, and bacon. Can't forget the bacon...

[macwilkin]

No harm intended, but I'm not so sure.



I took this to mean he was saying this sort of rant could be somewhat common in US drinking establishments. Seemed like a reasonable interpretation to me.

I've heard it before, and I've corrected it as well. I usually tell them about the Canadians at the Siege of Hong Kong in 1941, when the the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers held the line (along with the Royal Scots and the Middlesex Regiment) against the Japanese:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/s...war/asia/canHK

But, sadly, few Americans barely even remember the heroic stands of their own countrymen in the Philippines, on Wake Island, etc.

Thank you, Piobear, for your e-mail, and thank you, Brian, for mentioning the ANZACS, who should be recognized as well. I'm reading John Laffin's Digger: the story of the Australian soldier at the moment, and it is a very moving book about some of the finest soldiers in military history. Laffin maintains that the Diggers and Kiwis had very good relations with the Canucks and Jocks during the First & Second World Wars, as well as a friendly rivalry with the "Septics". (no offence meant)

I have nothing but the greatest respect for the Canadian forces.

Regards,

Todd

[Raphael]

I've heard it before, and I've corrected it as well. I usually tell them about the Canadians at the Siege of Hong Kong in 1941, when the the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers held the line (along with the Royal Scots and the Middlesex Regiment) against the Japanese:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/s...war/asia/canHK

It brings tear to my eyes everytime I hear this.

[macwilkin]

It brings tear to my eyes everytime I hear this.

..and I neglected to mention the members of the HK Local Defence Force, including he HK Scottish -- they deserve recognition as well.

T.