{"id":1433,"date":"2015-09-06T12:50:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T19:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2026-01-29T21:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:20:52","slug":"70th-anniversary-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/70th-anniversary-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"70th Anniversary Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"70GALApsd\"<\/a><\/p>

2015 marks 70 years since the end of the largest conflict in human history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

To commemorate this milestone, our museum hosted a special gala on October 24, 2015. About 360 people attending and we used the occasion to say \u201cthank you\u201d to the few remaining Second World War veterans still with us. And the evening was also a chance to help\u00a0families honour and remember those who have passed on.<\/p>

The occasion was made all the\u00a0more special by the presence of\u00a0LGen (Ret’d)\u00a0the Hon. Rom\u00e9o Dallaire, who provided the audience with a moving keynote speech. We were also delighted that the\u00a0Lt. Gov of British Columbia, the Honorable Judith Guichon joined us for the evening.<\/p>

\"Dallaire-web-image\"<\/p>

VIDEO: We started by playing a tribute video called “Faces to Remember” – a look at the faces of those who served but have passed on. Please click the image below to view the VIDEO.<\/p>

\"Faces<\/a><\/p>

We then followed with an acknowledgement of the service of each of the\u00a017 veterans in the room that evening. It was moving to see these men and women, all in their 90s, come out for this special tribute.<\/p>

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, Artillery. Served in Normandy and also in the liberation of Holland.<\/p><\/div>

\"RCAF<\/a>

RCAF Bomber Command<\/p><\/div>

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>

\"Royal<\/a>

Royal Engineers, Indian Army<\/p><\/div>

\"RCAF<\/a>

RCAF coastal command<\/p><\/div>

\"Served<\/a>

Served on the homefront with an all-Chinese St. Johns Ambulance brigade.<\/p><\/div>

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>

\"Navy\"<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>

\"Expert<\/a>

Expert marksman who was being trained for the Tiger Force – the invasion of Japan.<\/p><\/div>

\"One<\/a>

One of the first Chinese Canadians to be accepted into the RCAF.<\/p><\/div>

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\"70GALApsd\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

2015 marks 70 years since the end of the largest conflict in human history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

To commemorate this milestone, our museum hosted a special gala on October 24, 2015. About 360 people attending and we used the occasion to say \u201cthank you\u201d to the few remaining Second World War veterans still with us. And the evening was also a chance to help\u00a0families honour and remember those who have passed on.<\/p>\r\n

The occasion was made all the\u00a0more special by the presence of\u00a0LGen (Ret’d)\u00a0the Hon. Rom\u00e9o Dallaire, who provided the audience with a moving keynote speech. We were also delighted that the\u00a0Lt. Gov of British Columbia, the Honorable Judith Guichon joined us for the evening.<\/p>\r\n

\"Dallaire-web-image\"<\/p>\r\n

VIDEO: We started by playing a tribute video called “Faces to Remember” – a look at the faces of those who served but have passed on. Please click the image below to view the VIDEO.<\/p>\r\n

\"Faces<\/a><\/p>\r\n

We then followed with an acknowledgement of the service of each of the\u00a017 veterans in the room that evening. It was moving to see these men and women, all in their 90s, come out for this special tribute.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, Artillery. Served in Normandy and also in the liberation of Holland.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"RCAF<\/a>

RCAF Bomber Command<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Royal<\/a>

Royal Engineers, Indian Army<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"RCAF<\/a>

RCAF coastal command<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Served<\/a>

Served on the homefront with an all-Chinese St. Johns Ambulance brigade.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Navy<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Navy\"<\/a>

Navy<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Expert<\/a>

Expert marksman who was being trained for the Tiger Force – the invasion of Japan.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"One<\/a>

One of the first Chinese Canadians to be accepted into the RCAF.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

\"Army,<\/a>

Army, SOE, Force 136<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See how we commemorated 70 years since the end of the war with 17 WWII veterans and LGen (Ret’d) the Hon. Rom\u00e9o Dallaire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5039,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions\/5039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}