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Create AccountWilliam Jepps served aboard HMCS Glace Bay during the Second World War.
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During the Second World War, Wilmer Gagnon served in the Canadian Forestry Corps, helping to gather lumber for all types of important uses in the Allied war effort.
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Winifred Sirois served in the army during the Second World War.
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Howard Large recounts his experience of the Dieppe Raid in 1942.
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Wladyslaw Pasaj served in the Polish Forces during the Second World War.
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Yorkston Marion served in the army during the Second World War.
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William Carr joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 after graduating from Mount Allison University. He was sent overseas and flew photo reconnaissance missions in England and Italy.
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William Cameron served aboard HMCS Kitchener during the Second World War.
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William Campbell served with the Queen’s Own Rifles Regiment in post-armistice Korea. He provides good insights into the guard and patrol duties along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Korea and the unit’s actions if the armistice was broken. His stories include two good anecdotes, one about guard duty on a bridge across the Imjin River and the other about nighttime guard duty at a railway station in Seoul.
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William Black transferred from the Canadian Army to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in 1952, mostly for the chance to go to Korea. This excerpt provides many insights into naval personnel's activities in-theatre, particularly with respect to Japan, which was a major staging area for United Nations forces during and after the Korean War (1950-1953).
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William Earl served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Second World War through to his retirement in 1975.
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William Wood served as a mechanic in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
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William Adelman served in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry during the Second World War.
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William Thompson served in the infantry during the Korean War.
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William Sheppard served in the artillery during the Second World War.
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Canada is a constitutional monarchy. As such, there is a clear division between the head of state and the head of government. The head of government is the prime minister, an elected political leader. The head of state is the Canadian monarch. Their duties are carried out by the governor general, who acts as the representative of the Crown — currently Charles III — in Canada. (Lieutenant-Governors fulfill the same role in provincial governments.) The governor general performs a wide array of ceremonial duties. They also fulfill an important role in upholding the traditions of Parliament and other democratic institutions. Inuk leader Mary Simon was formally installed as Canada’s 30th Governor General on 26 July 2021. She is the first Indigenous person to hold Canada’s viceregal position.
