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By Emily Baron Cadloff Sailor First Class Christian Zenglein, 21 years old, said he attended Halifax’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Tuesday to pay special tribute to the veterans of the Second World War. After the ceremony at the Grand Parade, he walked slowly around the cenotaph, dedicated to the soldiers who died in that war, but also to those who lost their lives fighting for Canada in several other conflicts, including the Korean and Afghanistan wars. He said this year and next “may be the last few years” of Second World War veterans who are alive to tell their stories. Zenglein read the sashes on each wreath placed on the cenotaph, removed his poppy from his uniform and placed it down with the many others that visitors had deposited on… <\/p>\n

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By Emily Baron Cadloff Sailor First Class Christian Zenglein, 21 years old, said he attended Halifax’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Tuesday to pay special tribute to the veterans of the Second World War. After the ceremony at the Grand Parade, he walked slowly around the cenotaph, dedicated to the soldiers who died in that war, but also to those who lost their lives fighting for Canada in several other conflicts, including the Korean and Afghanistan wars. He said this year and next “may be the last few years” of Second World War veterans who are alive to tell their stories. Zenglein read the sashes on each wreath placed on the cenotaph, removed his poppy from his uniform and placed it down with the many others that visitors had deposited on... <\/p>\n

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