81 YEARS AGO . . . MY DAD GOT THE WORD – VICTORY WAS OURS!
My Dad, Along With Millions Of Dads Won The War, A War To Save Freedom.
Thank You To All Who Served . . . To the Americans, Canadians & Allied Armies. And to all the People who Carried the Torch of Liberty in Defense of those who Could Not Defend Themselves.
My Dad (Israel Eddy Galganov) . . . was a Young Man Born in Montreal to Immigrant Russian Parents from Ukraine, who in His Early Twenties (1939) Joined-Up, Donned a Canadian Uniform, Went to England for Training, and then Spent the Next 5-Years of His Life Fighting His Way through Europe . . . from the Invasion of Italy (Sicily), through Holand, Belgium & France . . . Ultimately To Germany.
I Would Love to Believe I Would Have Had the Same Courage to Do what my Dad & Millions of Other Dads Did so Long Ago . . . But I Will Never Know.
I Have Been Blessed to Have Lived, and am still Living During a Time in History, as a Canadian, where there was No World War, and No Reason for Conscription, even though Canada has been Involved in Global Skirmishes from Then Until Now.
But WWII was Not the Only Ugly War that Took a Massive Number of Lives, as well as Broken Minds, Bodies & Relationships, Causing Hopeful Futures To Crash On The Rocks Of Despair.
We Owe Them Everything . . . The Men & Women Who Have Willingly Served.
Without their Courage, Commitment & Resolve to Do the Ugly & Dangerous Job Few of us are Willing to Do, the Fairytale Life we Enjoy Today, would Indeed be Just a Fantasy . . . An Unachievable & Unimaginable Dream . . . But Because Of Them – We Are Who We Are – Strong, Free & Able To Live Our Dreams.
IT SADDENS ME TO KNOW OF THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW OR CARE:
History Repeats Itself All The Time . . . The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
We Cannot Let Their Sacrifice Be In Vain . . . Not to Remember – Not to Pay Tribute, and Not to Take a Few Minutes of the Day, just One Day Out of the Entire Year (November 11 At 11:00 O’Clock) to Honor all the Men & Women who Put their Lives on the Line, so Men & Women Like You & Me Could Live Safe, Free & Prosper . . . Would show Both our Ignorance & Horrible Ingratitude.
IN A FEW SIMPLE WORDS . . . THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU’VE GIVEN!
Best Regards . . . Howard Galganov
6 Comments
AMEN, Brother!
There is no greater sacrifice than to give your life.
GOD, Honor, Country, Family, Brothers in arms, Self—That is service! Some understood–Some never will! Semper-Fi!
Shalom H. How sad & treasonous it is that there are people in the gvmts of Israel, America, & Canada that are dedicated to the destruction of said countries. Our forefathers are rolling over in their graves. If these patriots could arise from their graves they would be in complete active armed rebellion of the traitors running our countries and others. My 22 yrs of service are wasted. Things aren’t falling apart but they are falling in place in His plan. Pity on the traitors on judgment day.
In 1968 my young family visited Holland and, in a restaurant my wife mentioned to the waitress that we were both born in Canada. A few minutes later the owner came to our table, and with tears in his eyes he thanked the Canadians for liberating his family! May God bless the veterans today.
I see chaplains blessing troops before they set out to kill their fellow man. There is something wrong with this picture. Do you not see it?