Calgarians remember fallen Canadian peacekeepers
Posted Aug 7, 2011 3:31 pm.
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August 7th is not an official statutory holiday but a day for commemoration and for the families who lost their loved ones in peacekeeping missions for Canada, it’s a day to heal.
25-year-old Steven Stock was a Combat Engineer with the Canadian Forces and was killed in Afghanistan in 2008.
His father, David, said this day is important because it means his son will never be forgotten and it helps their family grieve.
“It’s an emotional release for us all as well and it just heals,” he said. “The more we do these things, the more it heals.”
Stock said his son loved the military and he wants him to be remembered as a true Canadian, “One that fought for his beliefs, for his country and he fought for his mates.”
From 1949 to present, 272 Canadians have died serving under the United Nations and of that, 157 were killed in Canada’s most recent service in Afghanistan.
