Description
Mr. Horowitz remembers his own involvement, how he would have done it again and tells us how to honour the fallen and their families and what we should remember on Remembrance Day.
Robert Horowitz
Mr. Horowitz was born in Cornwall, Ontario, on August 30, 1919, of Jewish parents who immigrated to Canada from Russia. He grew up in Montreal where he studied at Lord Arthur School and then moved on to Montreal High. He enlisted with the Régiment de Trois-Rivières in the latter part of 1939 when he was 20 years old and still in high school. Mr. Horowitz attended Camp Borden during the winter of 1939-40 for approximately 1.75 years. He first set foot on European soil in Scotland and trained in Salisbury. He saw action for the first time in Sicily and the southern part of the Italian peninsula before being wounded in Tremali. Following the war, he spent some time with Veterans Affairs assisting Canadian Veterans in England and later retired in Canada.
Transcript
Interviewer: When you think of the sacrifice of the years that you gave in...in that endeavour, and the wound that you took, when you look back on it do you think it was worth it?
Yes. In fact I would have done it again if I was younger.
What About Your Fallen Friends?
I remember them for sacrificing their lives, being wounded or immobile. And I feel sorry for them because the government are not looking after them. They're the ones you got to say thank you to. And to their families. Because losing a part of your family is losing part of your life. And the suffering you go through, the government definitely should see that they don't have to worry about anything. That's my view of it.
What Should We Remember on November 11th?
Remember the boys that gave their life. Sacrificed their lives. To save a... save a world. And try and respect that and see that it never happens again.