On this past Thanksgiving Day, Last Post Fund member Barry Keeler and his young grandson Jake, who has an avid interest in WWI and WWII history, had the pleasure of visiting Herb Peppard at the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building in Halifax, NS. Herb, a youthful 97 year old Nova Scotian (Truro) is a distinguished WWII Veteran who served with the elite United States/Canadian First Special Force, also known as the Devil’s Brigade.

On February 3rd, 2015 Herb was on Capitol Hill in Washington, with 12 Canadian and 28 American First Special Service Force brothers to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honour the US Congress can bestow. In 1944 he was awarded one of America's highest military honors, the Silver Star, for "gallantry in action."

Barry noted it was a great honour spending time on Thanksgiving afternoon visiting this highly-accomplished WWII Veteran and Jake now intends to write up his biography as a Veterans Week project at school.