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The battle to save a legacy… At our next “Meet The Author”

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This event from one of our fellow veteran organizations in the Bay Area may be of interest to members.

Meet the Author with Steven Trout

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire

Wednesday, 20 July 2022 – 6:00pm
Marines’ Memorial Club – 609 Sutter St (@ Mason), San Francisco

Member Tickets: Free, Non-Member Tickets: $20

In The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire, Steven Trout tells the story of Marine Lieutenant David Westphall, who was killed near Con Thien on May 22, 1968, and of the Westphall family’s subsequent struggle to create and maintain a one-of-a-kind memorial chapel dedicated to the memory of all Americans lost in the Vietnam War and to the cause of world peace.

At our next “Meet the Author,” Dr. Steven Trout will shed light on this unique monument and the family whose life-long efforts established what has become an iconic pilgrimage destination for thousands of Vietnam Veterans.

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About Steven Trout:
Steven Trout is a Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Alabama. His research focuses primarily on American war literature and war memorialization, especially from the era of World War I. His many books include On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919-1941, Memorial Fictions: Willa Cather and the First World War, and Portraits of Remembrance: Painting, Memory, and the First World War (coedited with Margaret Hutchison).

Professor Trout’s latest book, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire: War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy, is his one and only treatment of America’s war in Vietnam and its still-divisive memory in the United States. He was inspired to take on this project after discovering the memorial at Angel Fire entirely by accident in 2011.

Marines’ Memorial Association & Foundation

609 Sutter St.

San Francisco, CA 94102

email: RSVP@
MarinesMemorial.org

tel:415.673.6672

GeoMinute: Battle of the Atlantic

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Earlier this week we posted about the Canadian Geographic GeoMinute on Commemorate Canada – The First Canadian. The minutes are quite informative, and many have some ties to military events (such as the the birth of the United Nations [English/French]). However, there is one that is specifically focused on an military event that we wanted to share with our members.

You can view the full series in both English and French at:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsNi52tt9x_UNL-I2Hf6n8E8C6T6rA3T

Lost soldier found: The life, death and rebirth of Private John Lambert

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An item from the Legion Magazine.

Small blessings: Military marks Indigenous Peoples Day in Ottawa

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Lost soldier found: The life, death and rebirth of Private John Lambert

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

He was just 17, a private in the Newfoundland Regiment killed during an all-but-forgotten battle of the First World War.

His name was John Lambert, and his remains lay undiscovered alongside those of a German and three British soldiers beneath Belgian soil near St. Julien for 99 years. He was the only one of the group identified.

“The fight to fight: Canada’s No. 2 Construction Battalion” is the eye-opening story of Black wartime service more than 100 years ago.

Black volunteers looking to serve overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War had every reason not to. White battalion commanders didn’t want them, and recruiters were turning them away. Yet Black men continued to show up at enlistment stations from coast to coast—and not just Canadians.

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How Master Corporal Harding earned a Medal of Military Valour in Afghanistan

STORY BY SHARON ADAMS

Master Corporal Christopher Harding had served three tours in Bosnia before he began the first of two tours to Afghanistan, with the 1st Battalion, Prince Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in January 2006.

“If there was ever a unit I could go back to, it would be ‘B’ Company 2006,” said Harding in In Their Own Words: Canadian Stories of Valour and Bravery from Afghanistan, 2001-2007. “It was a company that just clicked. Everybody seemed to mesh. Morale was high and that led to our success.”

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Salute! July 2022

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A newsletter from the folks at Veterans Affairs Canada.

July 2022

Let us know what you think about Salute! by emailing us.

In this edition:

26 years ago: CAF help Quebec residents in Saguenay floods
Wrens turn 80
Commemoration Calendar
VAC’s Pastoral Outreach Program is here for you
Togetherall: new discussion forum for those affected by military sexual trauma
Career Transition Services contract awarded to Agilec
Organizations do great work with support from VFWF
Recognizing LGBTQ2+ Veterans during Pride Season
Join the Navy Ride this summer
Veteran story: Dave Berry
Canadian Veterans in their own words
Test-drive the new My VAC Account

Let’s Talk Veterans allows more people to have their say on issues related to Veterans and their families. This consultation platform allows the Veteran community and Canadians to provide VAC with direct feedback that helps us improve our programs and services.

Do you know other Veterans, family members or others who would benefit from the information in this newsletter? Please share it with your friends and contacts.

View the latest issues of Salute! online.

Sincerely,

Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach Team

Veterans Affairs Canada