President Report - Derrill Henderson
The past few months have been consumed with activities focussing on the Memorial Wall and the Convention this coming August. Since Carol Hadley will be reporting on the Wall and Sandi Cameron has provided material on the Convention, anything I say on these will be redundant.
I am sad to say that a few of our vets have suffered (more than usual) because of health issues. Ken Ewing fell and broke his hip. He came through the operation well, but getting back on his feet will take a little time. Bryce Craig ran into difficulties with medical services but this too has been resolved. A couple of our members have asked for clarification on available treatment/compensation on hereditary medical conditions. There has been a “persistent rumour” circulating on this, but so far nothing definite has been forth coming.
As I write this, we have 91 Hong Kong veterans still with us. Let us pray that these very special gentlemen will be with us this August as all Canada honours those that fought in Canada’s first battle of World War II, as the Memorial Wall is unveiled.
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