7 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN Our mission in The Royal Canadian Legion is to serve Veterans, which includes serving military and RCMP members and their families, to promote Remembrance, and to serve our communities and our country. It is also our duty to perpetuate the memory and deeds of the fallen and to pass on to their families and descendants the traditions for which they stand. We do this in many ways, one of which is through various volumes of our Ontario Command Military Service Recognition Book program. This is an outstanding and successful book of Remembrance that will help identify and recognize many of our Veterans, present and past, within the Province of Ontario. We are proud to introduce you to our fourth publication within Ontario Command in which we recognize and remember our Veterans who have served, and are serving their country with pride and honour during times of conflict and peace. Let us remember all those that have gone before us, and those that are still with us including those that have come back broken either physically, mentally or both, during various conflicts in which our Canadian Forces have been engaged. When we introduced our program over four years ago, we were somewhat skeptical as to just how successful we might be with our program. Well that skepticism was certainly eliminated after the great success we enjoyed with the publication of our first book. And that success continues including this our fourth publication. Our success though would not have been possible if it were not for the combined support, cooperation and dedication of our Branches, Zones, Districts and Command in promoting our program on a regular basis to our membership, our Veterans, and to the families of Veterans throughout Ontario Command. So, my sincere thanks and appreciation to each and every-one involved for the dedication and assistance you give towards the success of our very important and special program. Keep up the good work! Some special thanks as well to our hard-working coordinators, Carolyn McCaul and Mary Ann Goheen. Their dedication towards our program has been outstanding. Special thanks as well for all of the support we have received from our staff at Ontario Command and our President, Sharon McKeown and Immediate Past President Brian Weaver. I also wish to thank our publishers Fenety Marketing for all of their support, cooperation and understanding in making our first four books so successful. It is only through your efforts that we will continue to be successful in telling the story about our Veterans in communities across Ontario. Ron Goebel Chairman Military Service Recognition Book Program
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