Be an even greater day if we can get those Leo 2A5's @350,000.00 per. Wish
they could be the 2A6(S) variant.
Kris
thanks again for the info Badg.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Meisner" <george(a)eastlink.ca>
To: <rcd-association(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [DragNet] Letter to all Dragoons
Dear Sir
I never know what to say when I reply back. I know I enjoyed the time I
spent with the Dragoons and it was probably the best time I had in my
life.
With the support I had with the RCD's It gave me a great headstart on
life.
The only thing I'm sorry about is NOT signing up earlier and not saying
LONGER, I have a reason for that but I'm getting into that now
Yous truly George
----- Original Message -----
From: <dlevesque7(a)sympatico.ca>
To: "Dragnet" <RCD-ASSOCIATION-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: [DragNet] Letter to all Dragoons
> Ladies and Gents
> First off I wanted to say Hello to all dragoons! Some of you know me as
> Badger, some as the X RSM RCD, some don't even know me at all, and some
> just as Denis Levesque, either way it's great to be a Dragoon. If you do
> know me, then you know I speak out of two reasons, one of experiences,
> and
> one from the heart. Well I have been pondering on how to put this across,
> however now I need to say the things I want to say. Most if not all know
> I
> recently lost my father. The questions that I had to answer, in such a
> horrible time in my life, were not mind to answer, and I found my Mother
> in a teary confused state for few days, the decisions still had to be
> made, and my mother left them to me and my sister Lynda to sort out. My
> fear was (did we do right or were we reflecting the wishes of Mom and
> Dad). Where am I going with this
> e-mail. I will focus now.
> The best decision I had made for our family was when asked to what
> charity
> did my Mother want to give donations to, that were received at the
> funeral
> home. My mother was given 6 to choose from. My thoughts were, those
> charities are all given money regularly by Military sourced contributors
> or have huge drives monthly and the money would go into a pit of money
> used for wages more that for the Charity. This money was to be given in
> honor of Dad and it was personal. I told my Mother that all contributions
> should be given to the RCR Soldier's Fund. The RCR were amazed at this
> offer, and didn't know where to put it as this was a first. Where am I
> going with this, I was so hit by the loss of Dad that my thinking was
> blurred, so blurred that I did the right thing for the RCR Guild back in
> June. Not that I'm asking for donations for the RCR Guild. What I am
> doing
> is letting you know my thoughts of when my Father passed on, his
> Regimental Family is where those personal donations on h!
> is behalf were sent.
> This is a personal decision not a requirement but very appreciated. Dad
> was proud of his unit, and the unit was proud of his accomplishments.
> When
> he passed he left no word on what he wanted, but when we had the add
> placed in the paper donations came in from everywhere from Yellow Knife
> to
> Florida. This money had to go some where and they were donations given in
> his memory. The right place had to be chosen. The Funeral Director smiled
> and agreed that Dad would have been proud. I don't know how much was
> collected and I don't care.
> The other interesting statement was where are Dad's Metals going. Well
> the
> first thought was Tom Skeldings work. Tom has been telling the Regt of
> many great soldiers medals are on E-Bay for a cost of X Dollars we could
> own them. Tom was doing great work to preserve the Regiment's History to
> collect these Regimental Hero's lost medals and memento's, he still does
> this fine work on his own time, but the last thing I want is my Father's
> medals on E-Bay by some civilian that didn't even know my father, looking
> for money, and asking the Regt to purchase them 50 years from now. So my
> mother is in the process of donating my father's medals and memento's to
> the Regt. This will mean that if a Museum wants them they will ask the
> Regt, and when they no longer want them they will be returned to the
> Regt.
> This also means that they will never be on E-Bay or any other system in
> the future. They will be held by his Regt in confidence.
>
> Ladies and Gents, I'm not speaking on behalf of the Regiment. I'm not
> speaking on behalf of the Guild. I'm speaking on behalf of Denis &
> Margaret Levesque Son and Mother of CWO (Retired) Aurele (Jimmy) Levesque
> Deceased. You will have to make the same decisions I had to make. I'm
> just
> letting you know there are alternatives. I hope if there is someone that
> reads this and takes offence to this E-Mail for any reason. You should
> know this is a personal view not intended to force anyone to follow my
> lead. It's just food for thought.
> Thanks for reading my e-mail to the end and once again I say, It's always
> a great day to be a Dragoon!
> This e-mail should be forwarded to any one you wish to forward it to,
> with
> a positive note. If not appreciated Please delete it.
>
>
>
> Denis Levesque
> (Badger)
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