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FOCUS - NOVEMBER 2015 39 so did CTV News. There was even a Dutch-language article Mr. OToole also arranged Georges passage for the April 12-day visit to Holland. This celebration is something the Dutch people do every five years he says. We were allowed to bring a sec- ond person. For many of the remain- ing veterans that meant a caregiver but not me. I asked my son Larry Proud to help represent Canada he was one of about 60 veterans spon- sored by the Canadian government George would tour wartime sites throughout The Netherlands as well as participate in a pair of parades. The people there were amazing. They teach kids from the time they start school about the Canadians saving their country. I saw their sense of that history first-hand. The parade routes were about seven kilometres long and the route was jammed with spectators 20 feet deep. They cheered and many cried. People would reach out to touch you or shake your hand not to mention a couple of kisses on the cheek It was a very emotional experience. Histouraroundthecountryproved equally affecting. Larry and I visited Enschede where I was stationed at the end of the war. Of course time had changed those small towns into much larger ones. Between progress and the rebuilding of places which were virtually flattened the last time I saw them it was almost a different coun- try. But the attitude of the people 193 905-985-7306 www.emmersoninsurance.comINSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED SINCE 1917 George Emmerson speaking with a family in Westerbork General Cemetery and Transit Camp in the Netherlands May 2 0 1 5 . ...................... Please turn to page 40