523 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND VAN VUGT, Marten “Marty” Marten was born on September 20, 1923 in Arnhem, Holland. He was seventeen years of age when German Soldiers occupied Holland. His father was arrested and never seen again. He joined the 2 Canadian Infantry Division in Holland in 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. In 1952, Marty joined the US Army Infantry and served in Korea. He was wounded and released. In 1954, Marty and his wife, Anne, moved to Canada. In addition to raising a family of four girls and two boys, they were foster parents to a number of foster children. He joined the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 213 and was made a Life Member in 1973. Marty was President of Branch 213 for a period of time and later joined Branch 581 and had been a Legion member for more than fifty years. VIEAU, Donald V. Donald was born in Trenton, Ontario on July 6, 1922. He enlisted in the Army in March 1941 and served with the Royal Canadian Artillery, 14th Field Regiment, 34th Battery in Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe during World War II. For Don, D-Day was short-lived, but a terrifying nightmare. In a space of less than two hours, he had been trapped for half an hour in a beached landing craft under heavy small arms, artillery fire and bombing, and became a wounded casualty in an incident which claimed the lives of four of his six-member gun crew. Two days later, he was taken back to the beach and embarked on a hospital boat. He was discharged on August 2, 1945. After the war ended, Don resided in the Quinte area, married Jeannette Pigeon and raised four children. He worked as a civil servant in the supply section at CFB Trenton until retirement. He died at the early age of 62 and is missed greatly by his family, who continue to honour the bravery he displayed as a Canadian soldier. Donald was a member of Trenton Legion Branch 110 in Ontario for forty years. VEITCH, William W. William was born in Birdtail, Manitoba on January 19, 1917. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Africa, Sicily and Italy during World War II. He was wounded in the face and leg in Italy in October 1944 and was sent back to Canada in February 1945 and was hospitalized. He was discharged in 1945. William lived in Toronto before moving to Muskoka in 1928. After his recovery he worked at Philips Electronics. William died of a brain tumor in 1972.
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