Since today is rememberance day, maybe some people have a story about a relative or family member or even friends that had gone to war. Today I remember my grandfather, I never knew him, he died when I was 2. But because of genealogy I did get to know him a little. I obtained all his records from the first world war. He lied about his age, he was only 15. His hosptial records, from when he was wounded twice in a trench from shrapnel. I sometimes really wonder what it must be like to see all that at the age of 15. I read up on world war one because of him, and it was brutual. Later I obtained a set of letters he wrote his mother during his time at ypers. So today I think about him doing that leaving his home at the age of 15 to go to another land and see things that nobody should have to see. I am in awe of him.
The other person I think about today is a friend I made through where I work, which is with seniors. Sometimes you meet someone and they have a light around there face. You just know immediately that this person is special. His name was Mike cooper-slipper. He was the kindest most humbiest man I have ever met. Just to be around him you felt you were some kind of presence. It made you feel small, but in a pleasant way. As I got to know mike and his wife, I understood what made him so special. He was and still is the only idea of a "hero" I have ever met. His most startling qualitity was his absolute humility. He passed away in February, and his service was befitting for the person he was. I was happy that he was put into the canadian aviation hall of fame before he died. And he also made it back for one last time to the battle of britian rememberance with his son Chris. He shared his stories and his idealogy of war, with me, and who better than he to have
one. He was decorated as an ace in the battle of britian at the age of 19, and was captured by the japanese in the pacfic. He was the test pilot for the avro. He was one of the finest human beings I have ever met. Below are some links about Mike Cooper-Slipper and the avro. Do you have someone you think about on this day?
http://www.battleofbritain.net/bobhsoc/obit-slipper.html
http://www.avroland.ca/al-people-mike-2.html
http://www.avroland.ca/al-people-m-cooper-slipper.shtml
The other person I think about today is a friend I made through where I work, which is with seniors. Sometimes you meet someone and they have a light around there face. You just know immediately that this person is special. His name was Mike cooper-slipper. He was the kindest most humbiest man I have ever met. Just to be around him you felt you were some kind of presence. It made you feel small, but in a pleasant way. As I got to know mike and his wife, I understood what made him so special. He was and still is the only idea of a "hero" I have ever met. His most startling qualitity was his absolute humility. He passed away in February, and his service was befitting for the person he was. I was happy that he was put into the canadian aviation hall of fame before he died. And he also made it back for one last time to the battle of britian rememberance with his son Chris. He shared his stories and his idealogy of war, with me, and who better than he to have
one. He was decorated as an ace in the battle of britian at the age of 19, and was captured by the japanese in the pacfic. He was the test pilot for the avro. He was one of the finest human beings I have ever met. Below are some links about Mike Cooper-Slipper and the avro. Do you have someone you think about on this day?
http://www.battleofbritain.net/bobhsoc/obit-slipper.html
http://www.avroland.ca/al-people-mike-2.html
http://www.avroland.ca/al-people-m-cooper-slipper.shtml