Ottawa marked Veterans Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza near Veterans Memorial Bridge and with a ceremony at Washington Park. The main speaker was Robert Enriquez, a Honduran-born American who served in the U.S. Marines and now runs a language interpretation business. He talked about the sacrifices military members make. Their awareness becomes more acute when fellow military members are killed in action.
Robert Enriquez, featured speaker at the Ottawa Veterans Day event in 2022
You can hear all of what Robert Enriquez said here:
At the event in Washington Park, Marine Corps veteran Roger Reynolds talked about fighting in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. He recalls the dates his friends died in action. One died in a friendly fire incident. Reynolds says he pulled the trigger when his coterie of Marines mistook him for the enemy.
Reynolds says more in this interview clip: