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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, November 6, 2014 | 10 Saluting our Veterans | photos by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) The 13th annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon, held Monday at the Oakville Conference Centre, saluted veterans and those currently serving in Canada's military. Clockwise from top left, Navy veteran Ron Kirk carries in the Colours. Korean War veteran Hub Lalonde, who serves with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, consoles Cathy Pearson, as she wipes away tears after being overcome with emotion recalling her late husband Wilfred, who used to sing at the veterans' luncheons. The old and the new, current Canadian Armed Forces Rifleman Pte. Richard Colmer, left, wearing the current army uniform, salutes the Canadian flag along with Bill Gray, a re-enacter from the Museum of Applied Military History, who's wearing a Second World War wool army uniform. Burl-Oak Naval veteran Mike Vencel leads the Colour party into the luncheon. St. Dominic School students sing O Canada. Second World War veteran George St. Cyr, of Milton's Legion Branch 136, shows a thank-you card veterans received from St. Dominic students. Beside him is his wife Renee. St. Cyr recently received France's highest award, the Legion of Honour medal. Above, left, Brigadier-General David Patterson during the ceremony. Second World War veteran Jack Cadeau still remembers. He served with the Canadian Armoured Corps.