Protect your Country!

Heroes Remember

Protect your Country!

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Interviewer: If you were a young man again and the circumstances were the same, would you enlist again? Definitely. It's still your duty. It's still your duty to protect your country. People might say that guy is, you know, talking through his hat but that's what I believe in. That it's a person's duty to protect their country whether he likes it or not. And never mind this make love not war because there's going to be wars and there's going to be wars all the time. Maybe not as bad but maybe some of them are going to be worse. But like I said, it's their duty to protect their country.

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Mr. Taylor expresses the view that it is everyone’s responsibility to protect their country.

Edward P. Taylor

Edward P. Taylor, the twelfth of fifteen children, was born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario on September 9, 1923. His father managed a paper mill and was therefore unable to enlist. However Edward, very aware of the situation in Europe, enlisted in the Army in Toronto at age nineteen, two years after being rejected by the Navy because of his age. Mr. Taylor served as radio operator with the Royal 22nd Regiment in Italy and he later redeployed to Northern Europe, where he spent time with the Army of Occupation. He served as a radio operator once more during the Korean War. Choosing to remain in the armed forces, Mr. Taylor also completed two tours of duty with NATO in Germany.

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Medium:: Video
Owner:: Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:: 0:46
Person Interviewed:: Edward P. Taylor
War, Conflict or Mission:: Korean War
Branch:: Army
Units/Ship:: Royal Canadian Artillery
Occupation:: Signaller

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Protect your Country!

Heroes Remember