COMRADE ART LEDUC

Comrade Art Leduc enrolled in the Royal Canadian Air Force {RCAF} in Sept of 1961. After serving for over 36 years, he retired in January of 1997.  This retirement was short lived because in March of the same year he came out of retirement and accepted the position of 14 Wing Greenwood Air Cadet Camp Chief Warrant Officer where, to this date, is still serving,  giving him a total of 44 years plus of dedicated service.

 Comrade Leduc served across Canada with two tours in Europe at CFB Lahr and a Peace Keeping Tour in Ismailia, Egypt. He has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Br.#98 since 1990 and is very active with the Legion’s “Meals on Wheels” and is the Branch Rep. For the 517 Air Cadet Squadron.  He is also a member of the Canadian Association of Veterans in United Peacekeeping and holds the secretary position for the West Kings Arena Association Board of Directors. His contribution was recently recognized when he was  selected as “Volunteer of the Month” March/2005 by the Regional Cadet Support Unit Atlantic.

He has been married to his lovely wife Barbara for over 33 yrs. and are blessed and extremely proud of their two sons Shane{33yrs}in Calgary,Alta. And Jason{30yrs}in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.

Kingston Legion Br. 98 is very pleased to present Comrade Art Leduc as “VETERAN of the MONTH” for Dec./2005