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Former WWII Forestry Corps member among 2 dozen of Newfoundland's Second World War veterans

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Former WWII Forestry Corps member among 2 dozen of Newfoundland's Second World War veterans Extracted from a CBC News article that first appeared on their site June 29th: With just 2 dozen left, light quickly fading on N.L.'s Second World War veterans According to research by CBC News and the Royal Canadian Legion, there are now an estimated two dozen living Second World War veterans in the province of Newfoundland Labrador. The collective energy of the thousands of men and women from Newfoundland and Labrador who took part in the Second World War is rapidly fading, as the end of an era approaches. Just as they had in the First World War, a generation before, they signed up by the thousands. "Everybody was enlisting. Everybody was going. That was the thing to do," said Charlie Starkes. READ MORE

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