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Sign in to My VAC AccountVeterans Affairs Canada will host a commemorative event Vancouver’s Sunset Beach to mark the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Pacific and the end of the Second World War, culminating in a unique “Kites for Peace” activity. The event will include some remarks, live musical performances and exhibitors showcasing diversity, Canadian multiculturalism, and Canada’s military contributions, with a specific focus on the end of the Second World War. There will also be a kite decorating workshop and a chance for participants to fly their “Kites for Peace.”
Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans (ANAVET) Pacific Unit No. 280 and the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society are hosting a commemorative ceremony and wreath-laying to mark the 80th anniversary of the End of the Second World War and Victory in the Pacific.
Under the auspices of the newly established BC Veterans Remembrance Association, representatives of the Canadian Forces; Navy, Army, and Air Force, civilian police and RCMP, and veterans will gather to commemorate the service of more than 125,000 Canadians who have served on United Nations missions.
When the Royal Canadian Navy names the sixth Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship, HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, in Halifax, for the only member of the Royal Canadian Navy to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the ship's namesake will be remembered in a ceremony at the BC Aviation Museum at Victoria International Airport at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, August 9.
On 1 June 1966 Mount Youngren was named in honour of Private Julius Allan Youngren who was killed on 20 October 1944 while serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, at the advance from Rimini to Forli.
