How it all began
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. It was early November 1953 when my fellow apprentice soldiers and I arrived
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. It was early November 1953 when my fellow apprentice soldiers and I arrived
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. My military career of 18 years took me to many places I probably
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. (Editor’s Note: Please remember that these are memories of a time long ago,
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. Arriving at Camp Ipperwash in 1960, I was directed to the battalion orderly
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” Those were the words that came
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. It all began about the middle of November. The weather was perfect for
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. I was privileged to attend the Grand Bend Legion’s Remembrance Day dinner on
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. (Continued from last issue) The saga of the sewers continued throughout the town
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. Not long after Crediton’s bridge repair was finished and traffic resumed (but not
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. It all began many many moons ago. This is the saga of the
Tales from the 2009 Lessard reunion Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. My Sunday morning began at 2:45 a.m.
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. My family moved from Windsor to Waterloo in 1944 because my dad was
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. I think it was 1969 that word came down from the top that
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. On a warm, sunny day in November 1957, some of us were told
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. “Hey, Tom! Have you ever been to Tillsonburg?” No. But I’ve been to
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard The time came to get out of the desert, so a two-week leave in
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard With Rita away in the sunny Dominican Republic, I was reminded of my trip
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. Frankenmuth, Michigan is a beautiful little town on I-75 between Saginaw and Bay
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard It all started on my birthday this October. My boys bought three tickets to
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. I was born in Windsor, Ontario in 1937, the seventh child. I had
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard On the 16th of December, 1974, at the South Huron Hospital maternity ward, a
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard In the spring of 1958, there was a posting on the board for an
Or, how to get into real trouble Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard Many years ago, there was an upcoming
What to do when you have to go Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard At Protective Plastics Limited in Huron
Oh where, or where, did our little vacuums go? Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard A lot of strange and
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard Back in the good old days – the early 70s, that is – there
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard Hey kids, who wants to go to the beach? That was a stupid question
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard The air force had recently moved out of Huron Park when we moved from
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard During the years I worked (mostly part-time) as a waiter and bartender at the
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard Even though I spent 18 years in the army, I was never trained as
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard After living in Lizard Flats for a few months, the monotony of the same
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard Sunday morning. Club Albatross, Huron Park. Hockey game in Detroit. Most of us arrived
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard Years ago Bill Brady, the announcer for CFPL 980 radio, ran a fundraiser for
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard A lot of life spilled through the doors of the Dufferin, most pleasurable, but
Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard In April of 1968, Rita and I moved our family from London to Huron Park.
Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard For some reason, I had driven myself to work at Wolseley Barracks in London instead
Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard Many years ago, I had the good fortune of working for a window and door
Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard, CD I spent Christmas 1967 stationed at Lizard Flats outside Nicosia, Cyprus, which had at
Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard, C.D. At 27 C.O.D. (the Central Ordnance Depot on Highbury Avenue in London), the only
Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard In 1953, I was having a difficult time at my high school, St. Jerome’s in
Keeping the PeaceBy Tom Lessard About 14 years into my military career – by this point the late 1960s –
Keeping the peaceTom Lessard, former UN peacekeeper It’s Christmas Day 1956, and I’m on leave at home in Waterloo. I
Keeping the peace By Tom Lessard, former UN peacekeeper I was over in Cyprus in 1970 for a six-month tour.