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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 15THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 200714 8 Main St. N. (Giant Tiger Plaza) 853-2040 Lest We Forget ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????? ????? ?????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? 328 Guelph St. Halton Hills,ON (Georgetown) L7G 4B5 (tel.) 905-877-7119 (fax) 905-877-5117 8 Main Street North, Acton, Ontario, L7J 1W1 Tel: 519-853-9615 TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER ???????? ????????? ??????????? ???????? ?????????????? ?????????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????????? We Shall Always Remember 133 A soldiers Mon to Friday 8AM - 7PM Sat. 8am - 6pm Sun. 10am - 4pm THANK YOU Royal Jug City Convenience & Fishing Tackle Store 294 Queen St. Acton. 519-853-2460 We shall always remember ???????????????????? ?????????????? ??????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ???????? ??????? Dr. Stephen A. Hess & staff ACTON VETERINARY CLINIC 10 River Street 853-1450 To all our heros who have fallen and those who are fighting Thank you. Straight Frame Construction Call today for a free quote Renovations ~ Additions ~ Custom Framing Fine Carpentry ~ Windows & Doors Sean Gardner 519-853-0708 WE REMEMBER you who know my mathematical skills are probably cring- ing right now!). I looked at him and said that in theory and mathematically we would be okay where we were, but I made him move one of the other Platoons back 150m. We started the Fire Mission with the first round landing about 350m from my position. The noise of Artillery whis- tling that close and exploding was almost deafening, the FOO course sure hadnt prepared me for this! My Master Bombardier and I debated the correction for a second round and eventually agreed upon a Drop 200m, mostly because we needed to get rounds on that compound ASAP as we were taking heavy fire. The round came in and landed a bit left of the compound. We lased the impact and found out it was 105m from us. We gave a small correction and went into Fire For Effect with 50% Ground Burst and 50% Air Burst. The rounds came in 85m from us, right on the compound. Truly I did not appreciate the sheer frightening and awe-inspiring nature of air burst rounds. I then had the worst moment of my military career as one of the Sections began shouting Check fire, check fire! on the net, followed quickly by their Platoon Commander saying they had casual- ties and to prepare for an air medical evacuation request. It turned out the two events were unrelated but for a while I thought I had injured or, even worse, killed a Canadian. In actuality, the Section that called Check Fire was actually the furthest of anyone in the Company from the shells and had panicked (which led to a lot of ribbing and jokes from their buddies afterwards who had all been closer). The evacua- tion request was for an Afghan soldier who had been struck 5 minutes before. However unfortunate, I was definitely relieved to hear all that. Things look like they will be quieter for us now, and I will be home soon. Sad news from the home front, our little Yorkie, Howitzer, was in an accident the other day and didnt make it. It wont be the same going home without him, he truly was one of the family. We had three great years with him though and my only regret is that I wasnt there to comfort Julianne who has been through so much lately. But she has some great friends there who have looked after her. To those of you who have been with her through this and the events of the last few months, I am forever indebted to you. There are more stories I could tell of these last two weeks, but this email had become long enough as it is and if I did that I would have no war stories to tell you when I get home. I will end by saying that combat is the ultimate test of an officer and on several occasions I did things I didnt know I was capable of. I am so proud of my crew and the entire Company Group; we soldiered hard and long and showed the enemy that messing with Canadians is a really bad idea. We accomplished something in the last two weeks that Canadian soldiers have not done since Korea. The Afghan Govern- ment, elected by the Afghans, requested our assistance and we were able to help. We were the equal, if not superior of our allies in everything we did. I hope that I gave you all an appreciation of what these young brave men and women are doing over here; hopefully you can pass it on. I will see all of you real soon. I hope all is well with all of you, and please keep the emails coming, I read every one and enjoy hearing from you, even if I cannot respond individually. Take care, Andrew Soldiers story... Continued from page 13 The Royal Canadian Legion will hold its annual Remembrance Day parade on November 10 at 10:30 a.m. The parade will start at the Hide House and make its way down to the Cenotaph on Mill Street where a service will be held for the veterans. All are welcome to attend. There will be a Branch service at 12:20 p.m. at the Legion by the Lake. A dinner for all Legion members will be held afterwards at 1:15 p.m. There will be another service on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Cenotaph. Whats happening in our town Lest we forget, those who faught, those who fell, those who fight.