I kmow what you guys mean.
Lost my Dad, earlier than some, in 1986.
He was RCNVR
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The RCNVR became the backbone of the Canadian Navy, recruiting</span></span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">officers</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">and</span></span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">sailors</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">for the Navy. The usefulness of the RCNVR was demonstrated in 1939, at the onset of the</span></span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Second World War</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, when the RCNVR was used to recruit and build the navy. By the end of the war, Canada had the third largest navy in the world, with a complement of nearly 100,000. Most of these men and women were members of the RCNVR.</span></span>
Funny how your prespective changes
When I was 10, from a kid's viewpoint in the early 1960's, it seemd WWII was fought by 40 year old men.
I just turned 60, I still have Dad's B&W pictures from 1943 - 45, now its like; Man that's young, I wouldn't let a "kid"like that age drive my SUV around the block. But most were quite young, and had to grow up too fast.