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Reader letter: Windsor war veteran's service defines patriotism

Windsor native participated in the Battle of Normandy and helped drive the German invaders back to their homeland during Second World War.

Rev. Stuart Johns of Idaville United Brethren in Christ Church will speak at the Upper Adams Prayer Breakfast on Monday, June 6, at the Apple Bin on state Route 234.

Article content One of Windsor’s last surviving Second World War veterans died on Friday, and what a tale of survival he brought home from that bloodiest of global conflicts. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Obit: Windsor Second World War veteran, 102, 'lived a good life' Back to video Art Anderson was just a month shy of turning 103, but decades after the war he would tell others how “very lucky” he felt to have made it through that fighting more than 70 years ago. A Royal Canadian Air Force navigator on a dangerous resupply mission for...

Author of the article: Doug Schmidt Publishing date: Apr 29, 2021  •  April 29, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  WW2 veteran Stuart Johns, 96, is shown at his Windsor home on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Johns was supposed to visit the Netherlands last year for 75th anniversary of liberation of NL. This year he received letters from teenagers in Netherlands thanking him for his service. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Article content Appreciative of the sacrifices of young soldiers who helped their families survive the horrors of war, occupation and hunger three generations ago, ...