Military Service Recognition Book 58 IN REMEMBRANCE of My Uncle ELMER CROSSLEY CAIRNS (July 20, 1925 – March 9, 2011) Elmer served in World War II in the navy as a radar operator on the destroyer "St. Laurent". The St. Laurent escorted merchant marine ships which supplied England with war materials. The St. Laurent was in the naval "OPERATION NEPTUNE" as a part of "OPERATION OVERLORD" on D-Day, June 6, 1944, when the Allied Armies from the U.S., Britain and Canada landed on the coast of Normandy. His job was to monitor for German submarines. I do believe that his ship located and destroyed a submarine that day. Uncle Elmer could not even swim and his family always wondered how he ended up in the Navy. THANK YOU UNCLE ELMER. WE MISS YOU. Pierce Cairns Pharmacist/Owner Municipality of Grassland Box 399, Hartney, MB R0M 0X0 Proud To Support Our Veterans And Troops
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