A Diamond Ring Upon Discharge

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A Diamond Ring Upon Discharge

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The day I got my discharge was the day I got a diamond ring! My husband didn’t know. He thought I was in Lachine getting my release and it’s ten o’clock in the morning I got to have my dental check and there’s about ten people ahead and he walked in the door. I was the next person in the dental chair. “Out!” Went into Montreal West, had dinner, got the diamond ring in the back of a taxi, and we’re married 62 years ago this month. And then, as you know, I was a military spouse for four years in France after that. My husband had been sent down to Sardinia. I was left with my four children in a French village to fend for myself. When we came back to Canada it was three o’clock in the morning when we arrived in Trenton. I really felt like getting down and kissing the ground.

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Mrs. Pidgeon shares a story about getting engaged after being discharged from the air force and her ensuing travels with her husband and children.

Irene Pidgeon

Irene Maria Armstrong was born in Shawville, Quebec on November 19, 1925. She attended school in her local community and before joining the RCAF, she worked for the Federal Government in Ottawa. She spent her military service in Canada working as a hospital assistant. After her discharge from the RCAF in August 1946 she married an airman, Mr. T. John Pidgeon. They had four children and throughout military life, she promoted recognition for the role of a military spouse, spending four years in France while her husband continued his service. In 1964, her family moved to Ottawa, Ontario. Mrs. Pidgeon is very active in volunteer activities and devotes much of her time to the recognition of the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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