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Salute to the sailors

Cloverdale Legion Branch 6 Tom Finn salutes local sea cadets during a ceremonial service remembering the Battle of The Atlantic.
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Royal Cloverdale Legion Branch 6 member Tom Finn salutes 307 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Mariner cadets as they arrive at the Cloverdale Cenotaph for a ceremonial service and remembrance for The Battle of The Atlantic (1939-1945).

Royal Cloverdale Legion Branch 6 member Tom Finn salutes 307 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Mariner cadets as they arrive at the Cloverdale Cenotaph for a ceremonial service and remembrance for The Battle of The Atlantic (1939-1945).

The event takes place the first Sunday in May every year to remember the more than 4,500 RCN sailors, merchant seamen, RCAF airmen and soldiers killed in the battle.

Finn is a 25-year veteran of the Canadian Army who served in the Korean War.

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