Honour, Duty, Country

I know how unfashionable it has become... but thank goodness there are still Canadians who are prepared to fight for what they believe in.

-- KRAKOW, Poland -- The remains of Canadian and British crewmen of a Royal Air Force bomber shot down in World War II were buried in southern Poland on Thursday with full military honors.

The Halifax bomber was shot down in 1944 by the Nazis while on a mission to drop weapons and other supplies to Polish resistance fighters, but was only recovered last year.

And it is important, despite the bleating of Taliban Jack and the loony left, to remember and honour that sacrifice.

The aircraft stayed buried deep in the fields for 60 years, until the residents disclosed its existence to the Warsaw Uprising museum.

In November 2006, the museum's historians recovered the badly damaged wreckage of the Halifax, more remains, documents, maps, two revolvers and personal belongings including a pocket knife and an airman's gilded badge.

They will be remembered.

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LAST WORD: Thank you, Cpl. Nathan Hornburg

"Nathan decided to go to that country fully informed and aware of the danger," the family said in a statement last week.

"He went because he felt it was right, and that he could help those in need. He went to support his fellow troops and friends, he went because his country asked him to, and he went because he felt, from the bottom of his heart, that it was the right thing to do."

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