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Now in her 100th year, Maxine is being honoured on the 75th anniversary of the 'Italian Campaign' in which she cared for the wounded. Click the image to view the video. Source: www.cbc.ca.news |
| Maxine was also honoured by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 115 in Hudson, Quebec where she remains an active member. |
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On Saturday a special poster was unveiled at HMCS Haida in Hamilton commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Italian Campaign during WW II, 1943-1945. 93,000 Canadians took part in this campaign of which 6,000 gave their lives. The poster was unveiled by the Minister of Veterans Affairs and the Asst. Minister of National Defense and it has our own Maxine Bredt on it. We have ordered copies of the poster of which one will be mounted and placed in our Legion. We will also give her a copy. Maxine had served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Italian Campaign as a nurse. Today she was interviewed by CBC National News and a few of us at the Legion were also interviewed. This is supposed to air tomorrow night on the National, July 30th. We are very honoured to have her as the special poster lady for this special anniversary. Many of you know her very well and have known Maxine for many years. She was interviewed in June for the D-Day ceremony by CBC and now once again. Are we proud of her and all of our other veterans? YOU BET WE ARE. Lest we forget. Thank you. Rod Hodgson, President, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #115 |
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Alys McKey Bryant was the first woman pilot in Canada. Alys McKey Bryant (1880–1954) was an American aviator. She was the first woman to fly on the Pacific Coast and in Canada, and one of the few female members of the Early Birds of Aviation; individuals who had solo piloted an aircraft prior to December 17, 1916. She cut short her brief career as a pilot after her husband, John Bryant, died while performing an air show in Victoria, Canada, in August 1913. During World War 1 she trained pilots. (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alys_McKey_Bryant) |
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