They Fought Valiantly for Their Country'S Survival (ePub)

Bob Orrick, CD, Royal Canadian Navy, 1950-75; Korea 1952-53, HMCS Athabaskan DDE219. Following honorable discharge in 1975, Bob was a reporter and photographer then editor of a Vancouver Island, British Columbia, community newspaper. In 1979, he was appointed ministerial assistant to a British Columbia government cabinet minister. In 1986, Bob resigned his position and became a founding owner and vice president of a Vancouver-based international marketing company. In 1989, he left the firm; later that year, Bob was appointed national public information officer, Korea Veterans Association of Canada Inc.-a position he held for three years. During his tenure as PIO, Bob worked diligently to educate Canadians about their country's involvement in the Korean War; moreover, Bob worked tirelessly to convince Ottawa to recognize the volunteerism of the 27,000 Canadians who served in Korea 1950-1953 and to award a suitable medal. In November 1981, Governor-General Ray Hnyatysen awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal [Korea] to a select group of Korean War veterans. Other veterans received their medal via Canada Post. In addition, Bob spent twelve years as a private ESL tutor, and in June 2005, he retired to concentrate on his writing. Since then, Bob has spent many years researching and writing about the Korean War and has published two books on the subject as well as one book on former warships that have been turned into artificial reefs.

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