Lest We Forget / 57 MacDONALD, Pius Owen KOREA Owen, son of John A. and Catherine (nee MacKinnon) MacDonald, was born on August 2, 1928. He enlisted in May 1952 in the Special Forces of Commonwealth Division. He took his basic training in Nova Scotia and went on to Wainwright, Alberta for advanced training. The troops were sent to Fort Louis and moved on to Seattle, Washington where they boarded the ship Marine Links for Korea, stopping briefly at Whittier, Alaska where a number of American troops disembarked. They then went on to Sashaboo, Japan for a 48-hour stop-over before heading on to Pousa, South Korea. Owen was a truck driver carrying water for cooking and drinking and also transporting fuel. He spent a year in Korea and received the United Nations Service Medal. Pius resides in Cable Head with his wife, Mary MacDonald. MacDONALD, Wilson PEACETIME Wilson was born in Caledonia, Prince Edward Island and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Island Command MacDONALD, Gordon WWII Gordon, son of George F. MacDonald and Mary MacDonald, was born in Mermaid, Prince Edward Island on September 21, 1921. He enlisted with the PEI Highlanders in 1940 and spent some time in Debert and Halifax, Nova Scotia and was transferred to Newfoundland where he remained until 1942. After spending a short furlough at home, he left for overseas and was transferred to the Princess Louise Fusiliers and later the Cape Breton Highlanders. He spent some time in England, Africa and Sicily and finally landed in Italy in November 1943. Gordon was killed in action on May 28, 1944.
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