JAV David Museum
414 Williams Ave. R0K 1G0 Killarney, MB, Canada

On December 11, 1944 Pte Harold Douglas Wasden was KIA at Groesbeek in the Nijmegen salient. He served with the South Saskatchewan Regiment. 64 years later on A...ugust 20, 2008 his great nephew Cpl Dustin Wasden was killed in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his vehicle while on patrol. He was with 1 Combat Engineer Regiment. In 2009, the Government of Saskatchewan announced the naming a northern island, Dustin Wasden Island, in his honour. The Island is within Wasden Lake, named after his great-uncle Harold D. Wasden. See more

Merry Christmas to all our Military men and women

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Life in Normandy........

The Canadian code talkers were never officially recognized or commended, partly because their work was considered so covert that they were sworn to secrecy even... long after the war was over. The program was not declassified until 1963. The use of Indigenous languages, (ie Navajo, which is a dialect of Dene) by Americans was also made into a successful film in 2002 called The Windtalkers. As a result of that film, many are aware of the secret weapon of our First Nation & Metis language used to stop German and Japanese attempts to break into Allied communications. What few know is that Canadian FirstNation & Metis played a vital role as well. One of these top-secret speakers was Charles Checker Tomkins , a member of Poundmaker FN Saskatchewan & Metis who spoke fluent Cree. Kinanaskomitin. Marci Cho. >>> #Indigenous #Veterans #VeteransWeek #Remembrance #Metis #FirstNation #codetalkers #Cree #Dene #CodeTalkers #Pride #BoldEagle #Grateful 38 Canadian Brigade Group/ 38e Groupe-brigade du Canada 3rd Canadian Division / 3e Division du Canada See more

Our Remember and Reflect tours will be postponed until we are back to Code Yellow due to Covid-19 restrictions. Everyone stay safe!

The Culligan sisters.........