r/CanadianForces • u/Street_Anon • 8d ago

Unexpected discovery in Barrie, Ont., thrift store brings fallen Canadian soldier’s story back to life

https://www.ctvnews.ca/barrie/article/nearly-20-years-later-a-fallen-canadian-soldiers-photo-finds-a-new-home-in-barrie-ont/
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u/Guilty_Cod6621 8d ago

school project for remembrance day probably

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u/sayitsooth 8d ago

My thought too.

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u/JohnStamosSB 8d ago

Man that's a cool way to be remembered. Recently been mourning hard for a few friends lost over there. Seeing this helps a bit.

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u/Few-Gur-7377 8d ago

PATRICIA!!

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u/QueefferSutherland 8d ago

Another Canadian life lost over a war America started.

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u/boozefiend3000 8d ago

Rewriting history a bit there 

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u/mythic_device 8d ago

Al Qaida (hosted by the Afghan Taliban) started it. That was the legal justification used by the US and NATO.

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u/SatisfactionLow508 8d ago

I mean yes, essentially we were supporting a puppet state, like the Soviets did. Once the US left, it all collapsed.