{"id":62892,"date":"2015-11-21T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62892"},"modified":"2015-11-21T09:37:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T14:37:27","slug":"welcome-home-john-robert-gallagher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62892","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Home, John Robert Gallagher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Canadian soldier, John Robert Gallagher, was killed in Syria earlier this month while fighting with the Kurds against ISIS. The UK’s Daily Mail reports that his hometown, New London, Ontario, turned out in large numbers to welcome Gallagher on his last trip home;<\/p>\n

Hundreds including firefighters, the local police force and supporters came out to pay their respects, as they lined overpasses while a hearse carrying Gallagher’s casket made its way along a major highway in Ontario known as the Highway of Heroes.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

His mother, Valerie Carder, was overwhelmed by everyone who came out to honor her son during his homecoming.<\/p>\n

‘We’re very, very touched and we want to thank everyone very much,’ she told CTV News.<\/p>\n

‘It’s such an honor for my son, and I hope that it can do some good in terms of bringing awareness to the situation that he went to try and help.’ <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"John<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

According to the article, Gallagher was shot at close range in a gun battle with ISIS troops with a 9mm pistol and bled to death as a result. The Kurds consider him a hero and a Kurdish martyr, I guess that’s tribute enough coming from an entire tribe of heroes.<\/p>\n

Thanks to one of our ninjas for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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