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Stan Heather was born in Toronto in 1923. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and flew as an air gunner with the Royal Air Force No. 78 Squadron, based at Breighton, in Yorkshire, England. He finished his military career with the rank of flying officer.

This is only a part of the full interview that my dad gave a few years ago on his WWII experience.

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day will always be important to me notably because of my father (and basically everyone else in his family who fought in WWII). It's beyond my comprehension how he was able to handle something like that, but I'll forever be impressed by it.

I was very close with my Uncle Fred (my dad's brother) before he passed away in 2009, so I think of him endearingly on this day as well. 

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Dad's on the left, Uncle Fred's on the right

There were ten years between the two of them, but it's uncanny how they resembled one another.  

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In any case, I hope you stop for a minute at 11am today. And I hope that you do each year, whether you're in school or at work or even at home. It seems important to never stop doing that.