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Veterans Day with Gratitude

BlueYonder

We proudly count more than 68 JDA associates as military veterans and are grateful for their service. My father made the decision, with the permission of his mother, to lie about his age and enlist in the military at age 17. Military Career. The nation was dismantling the military build-up and selling off what was not needed.

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Veterans Day with Gratitude

BlueYonder

We proudly count more than 68 JDA associates as military veterans and are grateful for their service. My father made the decision, with the permission of his mother, to lie about his age and enlist in the military at age 17. Military Career. The nation was dismantling the military build-up and selling off what was not needed.

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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

And he had a special affinity with my uncle Roy, from my mother’s side of the family, a man who fought with the Regina Rifles who had freed Holland – creating forever more, a unique bond between that country and Canada that sees Holland shipping 100,000 tulip bulbs to Canada every year. “Dad brought it back from the war,” he said.

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