Statement - Government of Canada marks Aboriginal Veterans Day
Retrieved on:
Friday, November 8, 2019
"Each year, we pay tribute the contributions and sacrifices of Indigenous veterans by sharing some of their stories.
Key Points:
- "Each year, we pay tribute the contributions and sacrifices of Indigenous veterans by sharing some of their stories.
- In February 1944, nearLittoria, Italy, he posed as a local farmer to repair a severed Allied communications wirein full view of enemy troops.
- Tommy Prince was one of only three Canadians who earned both the Military Medal and the American Silver Star during the Second World War.
- "We honour JohnShiwak , an Inuit soldier born in Rigolet, Labrador who enlisted in July1915 and was part of the Newfoundland Regiment.