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From: <[email protected]>Date: April-22-12 10:17 AMSubject: CANADA SAYS GOOD-BYE TO A SOLDIER W HO SERVED PROUDLY IN THE KOREAN W AR
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The Korean War VeteranInternet Journal -April 22, 2012
Private Archibald Lloyd Hearsey2nd Battalion,Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Canada saysgood-bye to a soldier who servedproudlyinthe KoreanW ar…He isgoingbackto Korea to hiseternalrest inthe same grave withhisbrother who fellthere
The tribute and farewell service for Private Archibald Lloyd Hearseywas attended byConsul General Yeon-Ho Choi,at left,who represented the Government of theRepublic of Korea. To his left side is Senator YonahMartin,and one of the KoreanW ar veterans en route to Korea. Beside the veteran is W arrant Officer (Ret’d)AlexSim,who served in Korea withArchie Hearsey. Next to him is the indefatigableYongjin Jeon,international affairs officer for Korea’s Ministryof Patriots and VeteransAffairs and acting international affairs director of Korea’s 60thAnniversaryof the
Korean W ar Commemoration Committee.
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At the boarding gate of an Air Canada flight inVancouver International Airport,Senator YonahMartin,other officials and more than 70 KoreanW ar Veterans and their familymembers held aservice of tribute and farewell for PrivateArchibald Lloyd Hearsey,whose ashes werebeing conveyed from Canada to his final restingplace beside his brother in the United NationsMemorial Cemeteryin Busan. His brother,PrivateJosephW illiam Hearseywas killed in action inOctober,1951.
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Senator YonahMartin delivered an eloquent,moving eulogyhonouring PrivateArchibald Lloyd Hearseyand later read a letter of condolence and appreciationprepared byMinister of Veterans Affairs Steven Blaney. Standing beside SenatorMartin is Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d)Donald MacLeod,who officiated during themilitaryceremony. Colonel MacLeod served as a young lieutenant platooncommander in the same battalion as Archie Hearseyin Korea.
thRegimental Adjutant of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light InfantryCaptain RichardDumas,MMM,keeps vigil. Ashes of Private Archibald Lyod Hearseyrepose in theurn that is central on the Altar,between his photographand his medals and parachutistwings. The medals include the Korean W ar service medals and the NATO medal forservice in Germanyfollowing the Korean W ar.
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Guard of Honour at the Altar where Archie Hearsey’s ashes repose during the tributeand farewell to a soldier service. On dutyare (l to r)Chief W arrant Officer DavidShultz,SMV,and Regimental Adjutant Captain Richard Dumas,MMM,bothservingin the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantryand PPCLI veterans,W arrantOfficer Alexander Sim and Corporal Claude Petit,CM,SOM. AlexSim served in thesame battalion withArchie Hearseyin Korea in 1950 and 1951 and also in Germanyfollowing the Korean W ar.
Eulogydelivered bySenator YonahMartin onoccasion of the ashes of Private Archibald LloydHearseyleaving Canada for burial in Korea
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H o w d o w e s a y g o o d -b y e t o o n e o f C a n a d a ' s p r o u d s o n s , w h e n h e i s t r a v e l i n g t oa n o t h e r l a n d n e v e r t o r e t u r n ?It h i n k t h a t P r i v a t e A r c h i b a l d L l o y d H e a r s e y w o u l d t e l lu s t o d o i t c h e e r f u l l y , n o t t o s h e d t e a r s .
T h e s e v e t e r a n r e v i s i t s t o Ko r e a a r e h a p p y o c c a s i o n s . O n e r e a s o n t h a t m a k e s t h e m s o i st h a t y o u a r e a m o n g y o u r c o m r a d e s o n c e a g a i n . Fo r A r c h i e , i t m e a n s m o r e t h a n b e i n gw i t h y o u o n t h i s jo u r n e y .
It m e a n s r e jo i n i n g h i s b r o t h e r , P r i v a t e Jo s e p h W i l l i a m H e a r s e y , w h o f e l l a t h i s s i d e i n1 951 . It m e a n s r e jo i n i n g m a n y o f h i s c o m r a d e s f r o m t h e S e c o n d B a t t a l i o n o f t h eP r i n c e s s P a t r i c i a ' s C a n a d i a n L i g h t In f a n t r y , w h o a l s o f e l l i n Ko r e a .
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t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s M e m o r i a l C e m e t e r y i n B u s a n . W h i l e h e i s l e a v i n g h i s b e a u t i f u lC a n a d a b e h i n d , i n a w a y h e i s g o i n g h o m e … w h e r e " h e l e f t h i s h e a r t " s o m e 6 0 y e a r sa g o .
H e w i l l b e w e l c o m e d b a c k t o Ko r e a , b y a g r a t e f u l n a t i o n . H e a n d y o u w i l l a l l r e c e i v et h e h e r o e s ' w e l c o m e y o u m o s t c e r t a i n l y d e s e r v e . Y e s , w e r e h e w i t h u s i n p e r s o n t h i sd a y , h e w o u l d b e h a p p y a n d s m i l i n g a n d t h e v i r t u a l l i f e o f t h e p a r t y . H e m a d e f r i e n d se a s i l y , a n d h e w a s w i d e l y l i k e d .
A s Il o o k a t a l l o f y o u h e r e t o d a y , Is i n c e r e l y b e l i e v e t h a t A r c h i e c o u l d n o t h a v e ab e t t e r h o n o u r g u a r d f o r h i s f i n a l jo u r n e y , t h a n y o u c o m r a d e v e t e r a n s w h o t r a v e l w i t hh i m , a n d w h o s e r v e d w i t h h i m .
H e w o u l d b e p l e a s e d t h a t y o u a r e a l l p r o t e c t i v e o f h i s d a u g h t e r , D e b b i e , a n d h i sg r a n d s o n , S o l o m o n ;a n d a r e a s s i s t i n g t h e m i n t h e i r s o l e m n m i s s i o n .
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Ik n o w t h i s , a n d Is a y i t w i t h a l l o f m y h e a r t … t h a t Io w e m y v e r y l i f e t o A r c h i eH e a r s e y a n d t o h i s b r o t h e r Jo s e p h , a n d t o a l l o f y o u v e t e r a n s w h o s e r v e d i n Ko r e a . Ify o u h a d n o t g o n e t o f i g h t f o r Ko r e a ' s f r e e d o m ;t h e n i n a l l p r o b a b i l i t y , Iw o u l d n o t h a v eb e e n b o r n i n S e o u l , t h e c i t y y o u h e l p e d r e c a p t u r e s e v e r a l t i m e s . A n d m y p a r e n t s w o u l dn o t h a v e k n o w n t h e p e a c e a n d s t a b i l i t y a n d f r e e d o m t h a t y o u m a d e p o s s i b l e .
T h e y b r o u g h t m e h e r e t o C a n a d a o n m y 7t h b i r t h d a y . A n d i t h a s b e e n m y c o u n t r y e v e rs i n c e . M y h e a r t a c h e s t h a t o u r b e l o v e d C a n a d i a n , A r c h i e H e a r s e y , r e t u r n s t o t h e l a n dw h e r e Iw a s b o r n .
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h i g h t e c h n o l o g i e s , i t s e x t r a o r d i n a r y a c h i e v e m e n t s i n t h e a r t s , i n a t h l e t i c s , i n m e d i c i n e ,i n a l l e n d e a v o u r s .
It i s a l a n d i n w h i c h h e w o u l d t a k e p r o f o u n d p r i d e !T h a t h e a n d y o u m a d e t h eRe p u b l i c o f Ko r e a w h a t i t i s t o d a y . H e n o w g o e s b a c k t h e r e , w h e r e h i s h e a r t h a s r e a l l yb e e n f o r 6 0 y e a r s .
A n d i n t h i s w e g i v e h i m o u r h e a r t f e l t b e s t w i s h e s , o u r s o l d i e r ’s f a r e w e l l , o u r c o u n t r y ’ss a l u t e .
M a y Go d w a t c h o v e r A r c h i e H e a r s e y a n d h i s b r o t h e r Jo s e p h , a s t h e y a r e u n i t e d o n c ea g a i n .
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Senator Yonah Martin meets with the official bugler and piper for the Tribute andFarewell Service to Private Archie Bunker at the Vancouver International Airportafter the service. Too often those who perform such duty go unsung and unthanked.She warmly chatted with Bugler John More and Piper Alistair Pattison, who servewith the British Columbia Regiment.
The arrival of the Veteran revisit delegation and the ashes of Archie Hearsey in Koreawere greeted with very sensational fanfare and national honour at the IncheonInternational Airport 12 hours after the Vancouver ceremony.
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