Sunday, 2 Aug 2009 (47 photos)

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Guard Coy's annual community service, the cemetery service at Pleasant valley cemetery, the final resting place of hundreds pf soldiers, sailors and airmen in the Okanagan valley from the Boer War to peacekeeping missions.

(VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

Padre Greenhalgh speaks to the cadets at the grave of LCol Kinloch, the third CO of VACSTC in 1951-52 (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

(VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

Placing a flag at the tomb of LCol Kinloch (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

(VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

Meanwhile, the Terrace Mountain fire continues to burn (VACSTC, Francois Arseneault)

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Guard Coy - in Camp

Alpha - in camp

Bravo Coy - in Camp

Charlie Coy - in Camp

Delta Coy - in Camp

Today's weather: temperature 36c Min Temp. 15c sunny, hot and local smoke

This Day in Canadian Military History...

2 August 1757
The Marquis de Montcalm and his force of 6000 men and artillery (French regulars, Canadian militia and native allies) prepare to lay siege to Ft. William Henry at the south end of Lake George.

2 August 1918
U-156, a converted German mercantile submarine, attacks the schooner Donrfontein in the Bay of Fundy.

2 August 1944
Canadian troops continue to press the Germans south of Caen. The enemy is still offering a good resistance around the town of Tilly-la-Campagne and repeated Canadian attacks are driven off under heavy fire.

Army Cadet Corps formed on this day

2 Aug, 1889
#26 Montreal High School Cadet Corps