16 Replies to “A-Ten-HUT! By the left…QUICK MARCH!”
What a great guy.
Can you imagine Turdoh the Younger or Tommy the Commy doing the walk?
Ya right.
Because Liberals and Dippers despise our troops and hate our military.
Super post. Super event.
Of course a-ten-hut is a Yankee order that you hear in the movies…ours is: A-ten-SHUN!
Fred, I think last year one of the opposition members did it.
See, Pidd, that’s why I was in the Navy.
I did it back in the 70’s.. its a good way to lose weight. And burn socks..
Interesting note: If you check Wiki out you’ll find that the Vimy Ridge Memorial was one of Hitler’s favorites, supposedly due to its “peaceful nature” according to comments attributed to Hitler.
See, Pidd, that’s why I was in the Navy.
Right you are Lance! Steady, aye, steady!
I’m used to it, of course. My brother flew Trackers off the Bonnie and had the White Ensign sewn into his soul. Always reminded us Army types of the splendour of the ‘Senior Service’. Of course, I had to agree with him. All in all, so glad that our armed forces have recovered something of their treasured past and identity and building on it. That march in Nijmegen should be covered live by the CBC…oh, wait…Dr. Fruitfly is on.
thanks for this. an MP wanting to do this.
my uncle and namesake is buried in france WWII
I’m in the same area myself at the moment on a tour of the Maple Leaf Route with a history prof from Mount Royal University. We started at Juno Beach and have now reached Groeningen. Nijmegen was packed with marchers and spectators when we visited it.
He’s right that no number of photos can do justice to the war memorial at Vimy, nor, as it comes to that, to an appreciation of the obstacles overcome by the allies on D-Day or the challenges faced at Dieppe.
The cemeteries are very touching as is the appreciation of the Dutch people for the Canadian liberation of thr Netherlands. At one museum, our tour guide offered the Dutch guide a Canadian flag pin. She accepted and asked if it were possible to get some more of them for distribution at the museum. Our guide asked her how many she wanted. Her response: “Two thousand”!
Every Canadian should make this trip.
Good for Randy.
The Dutch are still grateful, and isn’t that grand.
Two of my wife’s uncles were in the Netherlands and came back. My mom’s brother, in the RCAF, also came back.
Went to school way back when with a guy my age just of the boat from Holland.Spoke reasonable English and all.One day as we working on his farm,he asked me why we didn’t visit and keep up the WW11 vet’s graves in our cemetaries in town. To this day,40 years later, I still don’t have a good answer for him.(and we were only 13 then)
More power to Hoback but I have questions. Is he a reservist? Did he ever serve in the military? If the answer to both questions is “No”, howcum he’s wearing army issue duds? Those aren’t for play-acting, and he could have accompanied the troops in mufti.
More power to Hoback but I have questions. Is he a reservist? Did he ever serve in the military? If the answer to both questions is “No”, howcum he’s wearing army issue duds? Those aren’t for play-acting, and he could have accompanied the troops in mufti.
@zog. Don’t know if he is a reservist or not. However it has been common practice to issue non military members of the government (such as defence scientists, ministers of the crown etc) issue clothing appropriate for the environment while exercising or visiting troops. RCMP are issued such clothing while on deployment with the CF (they wear their rank insignia). See McKay visiting troops in Afstan etc, etc. You will note that he wears no RANK insignia, nor name tag.
@junior–Mr. McKay wears epaulettes that have “MND”
@ favill, indeed he does, however that is as a courtesy and is not a rank insignia.
What a great guy.
Can you imagine Turdoh the Younger or Tommy the Commy doing the walk?
Ya right.
Because Liberals and Dippers despise our troops and hate our military.
Super post. Super event.
Of course a-ten-hut is a Yankee order that you hear in the movies…ours is: A-ten-SHUN!
Fred, I think last year one of the opposition members did it.
See, Pidd, that’s why I was in the Navy.
I did it back in the 70’s.. its a good way to lose weight. And burn socks..
Interesting note: If you check Wiki out you’ll find that the Vimy Ridge Memorial was one of Hitler’s favorites, supposedly due to its “peaceful nature” according to comments attributed to Hitler.
See, Pidd, that’s why I was in the Navy.
Right you are Lance! Steady, aye, steady!
I’m used to it, of course. My brother flew Trackers off the Bonnie and had the White Ensign sewn into his soul. Always reminded us Army types of the splendour of the ‘Senior Service’. Of course, I had to agree with him. All in all, so glad that our armed forces have recovered something of their treasured past and identity and building on it. That march in Nijmegen should be covered live by the CBC…oh, wait…Dr. Fruitfly is on.
thanks for this. an MP wanting to do this.
my uncle and namesake is buried in france WWII
I’m in the same area myself at the moment on a tour of the Maple Leaf Route with a history prof from Mount Royal University. We started at Juno Beach and have now reached Groeningen. Nijmegen was packed with marchers and spectators when we visited it.
He’s right that no number of photos can do justice to the war memorial at Vimy, nor, as it comes to that, to an appreciation of the obstacles overcome by the allies on D-Day or the challenges faced at Dieppe.
The cemeteries are very touching as is the appreciation of the Dutch people for the Canadian liberation of thr Netherlands. At one museum, our tour guide offered the Dutch guide a Canadian flag pin. She accepted and asked if it were possible to get some more of them for distribution at the museum. Our guide asked her how many she wanted. Her response: “Two thousand”!
Every Canadian should make this trip.
Good for Randy.
The Dutch are still grateful, and isn’t that grand.
Two of my wife’s uncles were in the Netherlands and came back. My mom’s brother, in the RCAF, also came back.
Went to school way back when with a guy my age just of the boat from Holland.Spoke reasonable English and all.One day as we working on his farm,he asked me why we didn’t visit and keep up the WW11 vet’s graves in our cemetaries in town. To this day,40 years later, I still don’t have a good answer for him.(and we were only 13 then)
More power to Hoback but I have questions. Is he a reservist? Did he ever serve in the military? If the answer to both questions is “No”, howcum he’s wearing army issue duds? Those aren’t for play-acting, and he could have accompanied the troops in mufti.
More power to Hoback but I have questions. Is he a reservist? Did he ever serve in the military? If the answer to both questions is “No”, howcum he’s wearing army issue duds? Those aren’t for play-acting, and he could have accompanied the troops in mufti.
@zog. Don’t know if he is a reservist or not. However it has been common practice to issue non military members of the government (such as defence scientists, ministers of the crown etc) issue clothing appropriate for the environment while exercising or visiting troops. RCMP are issued such clothing while on deployment with the CF (they wear their rank insignia). See McKay visiting troops in Afstan etc, etc. You will note that he wears no RANK insignia, nor name tag.
@junior–Mr. McKay wears epaulettes that have “MND”
@ favill, indeed he does, however that is as a courtesy and is not a rank insignia.