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Veteran speaks to history students
Second World War veteran DougVidler spoke to
Grade I0 history students at South Huron District
High School last week.Vidler was part of the invasion
on Normandy Beach June 6, 1944. (photo/submitted)
By Tracy McLennan
SPECIAL TO THE T -A
EXETER — South Huron
District High School Grade
10 history students were
treated to a first-hand
account of the Normandy
Beach invasion of June 6,
1944 by veteran Doug
Vidler of Tillsonburg last
week.
Vidler, who grew up in
the Toronto area, was 15
years old when the Second
World War started in
1939 and joined up a few
years later when he was
19. He had been an assis-
tant manager at Loblaws,
but joined the Canadian
infantry "because his bud-
dies joined."
His six-week basic train-
ing began in Brantford,
but he soon moved to
Camp Borden where he
was asked to learn a mor-
tar course. He arrived in
England in August 1943,
and worked hard to fit in
with the Glengarry
Scottish Highlanders who
had been together for
almost two years.
Vidler received word he
would be involved in the
D -Day Invasion on the
French coastline while en
route to Juno Beach. He
was part of the second
wave which landed on the
Normandy Beach around
10 a.m.
According to Vidler, his
landing "was not as bad as
the first landing," yet his
memory is still vivid 61
years later.
Vidler and his wife went
back to Juno Beach last
year for the 60th anniver-
sary with a group of veter-
ans, their families, stu-
dents and teachers. It was
"very emotional," but he
found it healing. He was
also able to attend this
year's 60th anniversary of
V -E Day in Holland and
found it amazing how well
received the Canadians
are by the Dutch. He stat-
ed that he didn't see the
thankfulness of the French
civilians when they liber-
ated France.
However, entering
Holland to liberate the
starving civilians,
Canadian soldiers were
and still are shown much
appreciation. In fact, in
one of the small Dutch
towns that Canadians lib-
erated, 11 men from
Vidler's regiment were
given recognition by hav-
ing a street named for
each of the men who died
liberating the town. Vidler
received a street sign with
the name of a comrade
which he brought home to
give to the soldier's family.
One memory of the liber-
ation of the coast of
Europe occurred for
Vidler when he and his
regiment were ridding the
Scheldt Estuary in
Belgium of German sol-
diers.
This was the moment
when, in a bombing attack
on the barn the men were
resting in, Vidler's best
friend was killed beside
him by a flying piece of
shrapnel.
The moment stays
etched in Vidler's memory
still and is something that
nearly broke the then 21
year old. Even now, it is
clear how much this tragic
event affected him.
At the end of the war,
Vidler returned home a
changed man. Students
were shown photos of
Vidler at the age of 19
when he joined and at the
age of 21 when he
returned home. The dif-
Exeter's McDonald's recently donated $5,61 I from its McHappy Day sales to the
Exeter Lions CIub.The money will be passed on to Easter Seals Camp Woodeden.
During McHappy Day May 18, $1 from the sale of each McMuffin, Big Mac and
Happy Meal was raised to benefit Easter Seals.Across the country, McHappy Day
raised $2.5 million. Pictured from left are Exeter McDonald's assistant manager
Janet Leveck, Exeter Lions Club treasurer Larry Eveland and Exeter McDonald's
owner Rob Reid. (photo/Scott Nixon)
ferences were striking.
Students noted that he
looked about 10 years
older than the two years
he aged.
He suffered from post-
traumatic stress for
almost 60 years, and it is
only recently the govern-
ment has acknowledged
many Second World War
vets suffered from this and
are only now being com-
pensated.
Eventually, Vidler met
his wife who had emigrat-
ed from England in 1950,
and they were married
within a year. Vidler
ended his talk with the
Grade 10 classes by stat-
ing that because of his
involvement in the Second
World War, he now enjoys
life much more and is
thankful he is still here.
He notes that in the past
four or five years,
Canadians have started to
show their appreciation of
Canada's vets by attending
the Remembrance Day
ceremonies at the ceno-
taphs. He encouraged the
students to keep remem-
bering the soldiers who
died overseas for their
country and for their
country's freedom, and to
honour them by attending
services beyond their high
school career.
— Tracy McLennan is a
history teacher at South
Huron District High School
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