333 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND McINTYRE, John G. John was born in Toronto, Ontario on July 26, 1920. John obtained his Bachelor of Commerce in 1941 and enlisted as an officer in the Royal Canadian Ordinance Corps. He met his future wife, Betty, a Nursing Sister in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, after the invasion and they were married in Paris on John’s birthday. He was discharged in 1966. Returning to civilian life, he earned an MBA at Harvard University and subsequently held a number of jobs at Abitibi, Ford Motor Company, Hudson’s Bay Company and was General Manager for planning the new CBC Broadcast Center in Toronto. John was a member of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, Fort York Branch 165 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 29 years and the Soldiers’ Tower at University of Toronto. John passed away on February 9, 2014 at K Wing, Sunnybrook Veterans Centre at the age of 93. McKEEVER, Michael K. Michael was born in Montreal, Quebec on November 20, 1941. He enlisted in the Navy on January 25, 1962 and served during the Cold War on HMCS Athabaskan, Thunder and Nipigon in Canada, the North Atlantic and South Atlantic. He was discharged on November 12, 1969. Leading Seaman McKeever is one of the unsung Cold War sailors of the RCN. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, he deployed on HMCS Huron to help protect North American waters from Soviet incursions. In 1965, on Nipigon, he participated in a South American “Goodwill Tour” to show off the new Canadian flag. While shadowing Soviet spy trawlers, he and his shipmates played a deadly game of “chicken” as Soviet vessels crossed their bow – often with just a few meters to spare. Michael has been a member of the Fred Gies Legion Branch 50 for 32 years. McKAY, Charles W. Charles was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 8, 1925. He enlisted in the Navy on July 7, 1943. He served proudly in the Royal Navy Home Fleet on a minesweeping ship in England, Germany and France during World War II. While not his first choice as a young man entering the war to serve, he found on the minesweeping ships a type of camaraderie that eased his initial disappointment. The work was hard, the in sweeps and out sweeps in all types of weather, but it was eased with friendships, rum and chocolate. He was discharged on June 6, 1946. For his service, Charles earned the Silver Minesweeping Badge, 1939 – 1945 Campaign Medal, Atlantic Campaign Medal, France and Germany Medal, War Medal and Minesweeping Medal. He came home from the war to marry his wife of 63 years and have a family of four children that have always been very proud of his service. He has been a member of the Legion Branch 112 in Whitby, Ontario for forty years.
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