The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 399 SUNDIN, Martin WWI Martin was born in 1894 in Sweden but came to Hallock, Minnesota in 1904 with his parents. After attending school there, he joined his brother, Matthew, in Canada in 1910. As an American citizen, he was called up to serve in the US Army in 1918. At this time, there was a flu epidemic that Martin contracted but he still made it to army camp (Camp Cody, New Mexico). The training went on, even after the November 11 Armistice was signed. After the war, he got a job as a machinist in Minneapolis but his brother convinced him to come back to Viscount, SK in 1919 to drill wells, and he dug many wells since that time. He married Tammy George and they raised two girls. Martin died on March 23, 1990. SWANSON, Stanley WWII Stanley was born in Guernsey, Saskatchewan in 1913. He moved from Plunkett to Garrick in 1936 where he found work on farms and in the bush. Garrick is where he enlisted in the Army to serve in World War II. His brother, Bud, also enlisted. Stanley married Doris Gilbert of Garrick and they raised three children. He worked for BA (Gulf Oil) in Nipawin, SK for thirty-two years before he retired. SWANSON, Vernon “Bud” WWII Bud was born in Guernsey, Saskatchewan in 1917 and he went to school at Plunkett. He enlisted in Nipawin, SK in 1940 and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. His brother, Stan, also enlisted. After his discharge, Bud was employed by B.A. (Golf Oil) out of Regina and Calgary, AB for thirty-three years until he and his wife retired in 1979 to Winfield, British Columbia. Bud raised two children with his wife, Eva Kozak.
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