Descendants of war veterans gathered today at the National War Memorial in Ottawa to mark the official end of the Second World War.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender and the end of a global conflict that claimed the lives of more than 45,000 Canadian soldiers.
Sweat poured down the faces of those assembled in the August midday heat as the Canadian Armed Forces bugler performed the Last Post.
Michael Babin, head of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association, says there are no living veterans remaining out of the nearly 2,000 Canadians who took part in the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941….