Selling Personal Collections

[Robert Bergeron]

Gents,

Remember let's keep this debate civil , respectfull and friendly please... or i will leave the room ! Hahaha .

Ed, to be honest i am the volontary , non paid curator of the contemporary collection of the Saint- Georges Q.c. Legion Museum so i am the one deciding what goes inside.When i pass in the next world rejoinging with my past squadron mates and wingmen my successors can do whatever they want with the stuff even exterior monuments with my trucks and Carrier if they want. It may attract more people inside.

We each have our own motives and we must respect each other's choices .

There is great pride and joy in giving. Yes having my name and rank in half inch letters is not period correct but it is my only worldly reward. There is in this case no tax benefit , we are not recognised as a charity. My name and rank is printed in half inch characters on the left side of my airplane also. You can call it ''panache '' or anything else as long as you don't print it here please.

As for stripping veterans of their awards and medals , my knowledge only resides in the contemporary. I know of the former Col Williams and that of a few recent cases. A General officer who befriended a corporal while on operation comes to mind and a Captain ( army ) who was convicted of second degree ( maybe manslaughter ) murder of an wounded ennemy combattant and a few lesser serious cases . Anything short of what Russell Williams did is less serious. Does anyone in this room think we should of left him ( Williams ) with his awards and decorations ?

Respectfully and in all frienship .

Robert