HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-05-20, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010. PAGE 15.Continued from page 9soldiers worked on rotations wheresometimes he would stand guard ordo the dishes.Despite the “down time” thesoldiers saw for several weeks whilethey were stuck with their trucks or
during training, Ament said there
was a feeling throughout the groupthat they would never get home, soas soon as they were granted a 48-hour pass when they were still inEngland, he and several othersoldiers went to Aldershot, Englandand got tattoos.
He got one on his left arm with a
bird, reading the name of his soon-to-be wife Mildred Carter, and abasket of flowers on his rightforearm.“We got them because we didn’tthink we would be coming back,” hesaid. “But I always thought there
was a chance, so that’s why I got
what I got.”
Throughout his time in the war,
Ament made his way through
France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany before making his way
back to Canada, being taken as far asLondon, Ontario, before beinggreeted by his parents and brother.When discussing his time at war,Ament acknowledged that therearen’t many veterans of the SecondWorld War left and that the story of
the war is in jeopardy of being
lost on generations of younger
children.
“I think it wouldn’t hurt for
[children] to know more about
World War II,” he said. “The world
is changing and I don’t think itwould hurt to let them know whatthe change is.”He says he feels proud about hisinvolvement with the mission and itmakes him happy, not only, that hewas there, but that he made it back
safely.
When back in Huron County, he
eventually married Mildred and
bought a farm in Hullett Township,
moving to Blyth in 1970. Mildred
died in 2005.
More education on WWII ‘wouldn’t hurt’ says Ament
Great job!
The Me to We group from St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School awarded Marc Kielburger
with $37,000 that it had raised for Kielburger’s organization, Free the Children. (Aislinn Bremner
photo)
Sincere thanks go out to the
members of the community, both
past and present, who spoke to The
Citizen in regards to the incorrect
title bestowed on the late Russell
Cook as “Blyth’s last veteran of the
Second World War.”
Several times over the years
members of the Blyth Legion had
referring to Cook as Blyth’s last
veteran became commonplace,
despite the fact that he was Blyth’s
last veteran of the Second World
War who was a Legion member and
still resided in Blyth. It was an easy
contraction to make. And while the
“last veteran” title had become
commonplace, an official
investigation with the Legion
should have been completed before
making such a definitive statement,
and for that I apologize.
Special thanks to retired teacher
Cheryl Cronin and Blyth Legion
President Crystal Taylor who spoke
up on Stewart Ament’s behalf, also
identifying several other veterans
originally from the area, but no
longer living here, as well as
veterans who are not be members of
the Legion. Some such veterans,
Taylor said, are Jim Walsh and
Grant Sparling, who currently live
in the area and Joe Chatterton, now
living in Freelton Ned Thompson,
Charlie Cross of Blyth and member
of the Clinton Legion and possibly
several more. Taylor also
acknowledges that there could be
many more veterans from the area,
namely as part of the Dutch, French
and Italian resistance fighters.
Thank you also to author F.
Stewart Toll who, in addition to
acknowledging Stewart Ament,
highlighted that Cook’s journey
from Canada landed in England and
not France, an unfortunate error in
the obituary-writing process, which
resulted in several timeline errors,
Cook was sent to England in May
and France just fours days after D-
Day (June 6, 1944), crossing the
English Channel in boats big
enough for 10 soldiers.
This has truly been an error we at
The Citizen have regretted.
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