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Originally Posted by bigtmac19

Always an especially poignant day for me. I remember my father Ian F. MacDonald who was 19 years old on this day in 1942 and lived through an experience that never left him. He was captured and spent the rest of the war as a "guest of the Germans" as he always said. He never really spoke of his experiences to us, his family, but I know there was always lots of reminiscing when he would go down to the Armouries. Those shared experiences created a lasting bond.

He went on to have a family, he commanded both the Windsor Regiment and the Essex & Kent Scottish Regiment reaching the rank of Lt. Col.

At his funeral visitation, my son told me that he knew what Grandpa meant to our family, but until that time, he had no idea what he meant to the community as well, so many people came to pay respects that didn't even know him. It was very overwhelming and meant so much to us.

His picture hangs in the museum at Dieppe.

He passed away August 28, 2011, rest peacefully Dad, you earned it.

Great story.

There should be an all-things-WWII thread.