Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Warrant Officer Frank Robert Mellish
(1 RCR)
3 September 2006
WO Mellish and three other Petawawa-based soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the RCR were killed in one of the fiercest battles Canadians have fought since arriving in Afghanistan four years ago.
At the memorial service in Petawawa Sgt. Mike McNeil had a message to the family of his friend Mellish.
“Matthew and Colvin, be proud of your dad’s name. Hold your head up high because he was a real hero. We are all proud of him,” McNeil said to Mellish’s sons.
“To the people of Afghanistan, Frank Mellish gave his life so you could one day live in a free and stable country. And to the Taliban who took him from us, I say to you, I hope someday that you learn that terrorism and tyranny only breeds hatred and suffering.”
National Post Article
National Post Article about Offensive
National Post Article about the memorial service (quoted here)
3 September 2006
WO Mellish and three other Petawawa-based soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the RCR were killed in one of the fiercest battles Canadians have fought since arriving in Afghanistan four years ago.
At the memorial service in Petawawa Sgt. Mike McNeil had a message to the family of his friend Mellish.
“Matthew and Colvin, be proud of your dad’s name. Hold your head up high because he was a real hero. We are all proud of him,” McNeil said to Mellish’s sons.
“To the people of Afghanistan, Frank Mellish gave his life so you could one day live in a free and stable country. And to the Taliban who took him from us, I say to you, I hope someday that you learn that terrorism and tyranny only breeds hatred and suffering.”
National Post Article
National Post Article about Offensive
National Post Article about the memorial service (quoted here)
# posted by Willing Foe : 9/06/2006 08:36:00 p.m.
