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Love, Not War

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Love, Not War

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I’ve been involved with speaking to many of the local high schools. I’ve spoken at my Alma Mater, Sydney Academy, at Mount Munroe Junior High, for nine years I’ve been speaking to the Eskasoni Native School, elementary school. And I think always I say to them that there was a message a long time ago that said, “Peace on earth to men of good will” and if our young people could just keep that in their minds there’d never be war. And that’s a message that I would give to any high school, junior high school or elementary school student. I tell them every year when I speak at Eskasoni Elementary School and I ask them to say yes when I tell them, I want you to leave here, the first you do is go home and hug your mother and father and tell them you love them, and as long as we think that way and speak that way, there’s no place for war, the atmosphere is love.
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Mr. Thorne discusses his involvement with local schools where he spreads the message of peace.

George Thorne

George Thorne was born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia on July 26, 1924. He was the youngest of twelve in a blended family. His father was a magistrate and later became editor of the North Sydney Herald. After his dad became ill, Mr. Thorne delivered newspapers to help support his family. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the cadets which lead to his enlistment in the Royal Canadian Navy, but he later opted for the Air Force, signing up for air crew. Mr. Thorne trained as a wireless air gunner, and then as a wireless navigator with the intention of crewing on Mosquito fighters. The war ended before Mr. Thorne was deployed overseas.

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Video
Owner:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:
1:27
Person Interviewed:
George Thorne
War, Conflict or Mission:
Second World War
Location/Theatre:
Canada
Branch:
Air Force
Occupation:
Wireless Air Gunner

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