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July 28, 2014 – Burlington, Ontario – Veterans Affairs Canada
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today participated in an unveiling of the Korean War Royal Canadian Navy Destroyers Monument on the Naval Veterans Promenade in Spencer Smith Park, Burlington, ON.
The monument, funded in part through Veterans Affairs Canada’s Community War Memorial Program, is dedicated to eight Royal Canadian Navy ships that served in the waters off Korea from 1950 to 1955. Made of black granite, it is inscribed with the names of nine crew members that were either killed in action or lost at sea.
Barbara Mottram
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Veterans Affairs
613-996-4649
Media Relations
Veterans Affairs Canada
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