"Thomas Prince: Canada’s Forgotten Aboriginal War Hero" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 May 2019 9:30 p.m. PST |
"The ten war medals of Canada's most decorated aboriginal war hero Sergeant Thomas George Prince, a veteran of WWII and the Korean War, returned to the Prince family after being lost for over 30 years. Thomas Prince "I was out in Halifax for the AFN meeting when I got the call that the medals were coming up for auction. We re-organized our committee and began to write letters for a fundraising media campaign and I did some radio talk shows," said Jim Bear, nephew to the late Thomas Prince…"
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| willthepiper | 08 May 2019 4:43 p.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing this, a reminder of what happens when we neglect our soldiers after the fighting is done. "It's Tommy this and Tommy that, and 'chuck him out, the brute!', but "hero of his country' when the guns begin to shoot". While it's too late for the real man, at least Tommy Prince has been recognised in 28mm:
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| Tango01 | 09 May 2019 12:35 p.m. PST |
No mention my friend!.
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