{"id":3095,"date":"2013-11-11T14:45:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2013-11-11T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T19:45:29","slug":"remembering-gary-shaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/remembering-gary-shaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Gary Francis Shaw, Vietnam Veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Veterans commemorate Vietnam-era soldiers at the Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial every summer. This photo taken\u00a0on July 2, 2005.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Forty-six years ago today, Gary Francis Shaw went missing during a ground battle in Kon Tum Province, Vietnam.\u00a0The Windsor native was 19 years old. He presumably died, but his body was never recovered.<\/p>\n

Shaw’s official home of record when he enlisted in the United States Army was Toledo, Ohio. For more information, refer to his legacy page at\u00a0http:\/\/www.canadianvietnamveterans.ca\/GaryShaw.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gary Francis Shaw’s name \u00a0joins that of other Canadian soldiers on the Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Windsor, Ontario. They all died in Vietnam while serving with either the U.S. or the Canadian Armed Forces .<\/p>\n

The monument in Windsor owes its existence to cooperation between three Americans (Ed Johnson, Ric Gidner and Chris Reynolds), parents of soldiers who died in Vietnam, Canadian Vietnam veterans (Lee Hitchens, Mike Ruggeiro, Al Clause, Mike Gillhooley, Ron Mella and Don Sinclair, among others), then-Windsor Mayor Michael Hurst, members of the Windsor Legion and one-time Canadian Senator Jack Marshall.<\/p>\n

Every year, veterans gather at the site to remember Canadian soldiers who died in Vietnam, like Gary Shaw. They don’t do it today, the day of Shaw’s death, however, because for too long they weren’t welcome in Remembrance Day parades. Instead, Vietnam veterans organize runs to various walls across North America in May, June and July.<\/p>\n

The traditional reluctance to recognize Vietnam veterans sacrifices like those of any other soldiers remains, but now and then creative people try to change that reality. The latest effort in this vein is a documentary by War Story Productions called “Next Stop-Vietnam: Canadians in Combat.” It aired on History last night. For more information about when it might air next, refer to their website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.warstory.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forty-six years ago today, Gary Francis Shaw went missing during a ground battle in Kon Tum Province, Vietnam.\u00a0The Windsor native was 19 years old. He presumably died, but his body was never recovered. Shaw’s official home of record when he enlisted in the United States Army was Toledo, Ohio. For more information, refer to his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-worth-remembering","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-NV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16644,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/ed_johnson\/","url_meta":{"origin":3095,"position":0},"title":"Remembering Ed Johnson, North Wall visionary","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 As I watch the memorial service today, I\u2019ll be thinking of my friend Ed Johnson, the visionary behind the North Wall. 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