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Navy vet recalls ups and downs of wartime life

A can of Spam transports Bud Flavelle back in memory to when he was 18 years old and a crewman aboard a Second World War warship. “One of my shipmates and I had been making Spam sandwiches one night and inadvertently left the can out,” he said. “It was one of those with teeth that ran around it … When my friend went to get up (from his hammock) a wave hit (the ship) and he landed on his butt on this can of spam. He just yelled like hell.”

Two veterans mark Remembrance Day in different ways

Not all veterans celebrate Remembrance Day. Mary Rainville, a female veteran of World War II, is one of them.
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