Canadian Troops Return from Trenches. They are mud-splattered and weary, but look relieved to be marching away from the shelling at the front.

Canadian Troops Return from Trenches. They are mud-splattered and weary, but look relieved to be marching away from the shelling at the front.

Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum. George Metcalf Archival Collection CWM 19920085-006

WWII air planes fly in formation against a cloudy sky.

WWII air planes fly in formation against a cloudy sky.

Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada

First Aboriginal to enlist.

First Aboriginal to enlist.

Photo: Hughes - First Aboriginal to enlist, modified from the original source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of National Defence fonds/PA-007378

A sentry stands at the Sailors Memorial located at Point Pleasant Park for the commemorative 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic ceremony. In the background is the parade as well as HMCS Sackville.

A sentry stands at the Sailors Memorial located at Point Pleasant Park for the commemorative 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic ceremony. In the background is the parade as well as HMCS Sackville.

Photo: Cpl Ronnie Kinnie. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

Veteran Allan Tanner, Merchant Navy, salutes during the playing of the Last Post.

Veteran Allan Tanner, Merchant Navy, salutes during the playing of the Last Post.

Photo: MCpl Robin Mugridge. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

Ramp Ceremony at Kandahar Airfield.

Ramp Ceremony at Kandahar Airfield.

Photo: MCpl Matthew McGregor. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

Canadian troops 'going over the top' during training course at a trench-mortar school.

Canadian troops 'going over the top' during training course at a trench-mortar school.

Photo: Canadian troops 'going over the top' during training course at a trench-mortar school, modified from the original Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of National Defence fonds/PA-000766

A section of the Op ATHENA battery runs to board a CH-53G Sea Stallion helicopter during an airlift exercise.

A section of the Op ATHENA battery runs to board a CH-53G Sea Stallion helicopter during an airlift exercise.

Photo: MCpl Yves Proteau. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

Captain Skye Simpson of 436 Transport Squadron pilots a C-130 Hercules to Caen, France for the 70th anniversary of D-Day on June 2, 2014.

Captain Skye Simpson of 436 Transport Squadron pilots a C-130 Hercules to Caen, France for the 70th anniversary of D-Day on June 2, 2014.

Photo: MCpl Kevin McMillan. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

A woman looks up and smiles as she sews a Canada patch onto the shoulder of a Military uniform.

A woman looks up and smiles as she sews a Canada patch onto the shoulder of a Military uniform.

Film: No. 1, Battles in France : D-Day Landings Source: Library and Archives Canada/Norman Gunn collection/ISN 18403

Canadians Entering Cambrai: A small patrol of Canadian troops crosses the main square in Cambrai on 9 October 1918.

Canadians Entering Cambrai: A small patrol of Canadian troops crosses the main square in Cambrai on 9 October 1918.

Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum. George Metcalf Archival Collection CWM 19900076-760.

A WWII soldier reads a letter from home.

A WWII soldier reads a letter from home.

Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

(Foreground) Corporal Aaron Adkin and his fiancé embrace for the first time after Corporal’s return to Canada.

(Foreground) Corporal Aaron Adkin and his fiancé embrace for the first time after Corporal’s return to Canada.

Photo: Cplc Shilo Adamson. Courtoisie de la caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes.

United Nation soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment participate in a parade during Operation HAMLET in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

United Nation soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment participate in a parade during Operation HAMLET in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Photo: MCpl Marc-André Gaudreault. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

Master Corporal Anouk Beaudet (left) tending to a young Afghan girl suffering from a burn, with the help of Captain Hélène Lescelleur, at a free medical clinic run by Afghan, Canadian and US medical and dental personnel in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan.

Master Corporal Anouk Beaudet (left) tending to a young Afghan girl suffering from a burn, with the help of Captain Hélène Lescelleur, at a free medical clinic run by Afghan, Canadian and US medical and dental personnel in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan.

Photo: Cpl Simon Duchesne. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

A WWII soldier crouches to speak with two Dutch children during D Day.

A WWII soldier crouches to speak with two Dutch children during D Day.

Film: No. 1, Battles in France : D-Day Landings Source: Library and Archives Canada/Norman Gunn collection/ISN 18403

A Leading Seaman stands sentry in front of Ontario’s Veterans’ Memorial on Remembrance Day.

A Leading Seaman stands sentry in front of Ontario’s Veterans’ Memorial on Remembrance Day.

Government of Ontario

Leading Seaman Rajbir Khabre of Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton, a member of the parade Vigil, stands at the corner of the Homecoming Statue located on the Victoria, BC, waterfront during the Battle of the Atlantic Parade.

Leading Seaman Rajbir Khabre of Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton, a member of the parade Vigil, stands at the corner of the Homecoming Statue located on the Victoria, BC, waterfront during the Battle of the Atlantic Parade.

Photo: Cpl Charles A. Stephen. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

As the sun sets Corporal (Cpl) Michael Meagher pipes down the Canadian Flag that is flying over a Forward Operating Base somewhere in Afghanistan.

As the sun sets Corporal (Cpl) Michael Meagher pipes down the Canadian Flag that is flying over a Forward Operating Base somewhere in Afghanistan.

Photo: MCpl Ken Fenner. Courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera.