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Wilf Harrison

by Jenna from Bradford

Just because you try something it does not have to be your favorite thing to do.
Wilf
Wilf

Would you rather live with peace or without peace? Well my grandpa made it so that we could live without the war, and so he tried to stop war so today we could be living in peace instead of getting hit by a bomb at any time.

My grandpa was born on June 21st 1921 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He went to the St. Patrick's Catholic School. He had very many family members, and there were Madaline plus fourteen other people. When he was very young he was training for the army because he knew it was the right thing to do.

Wilf
Wilf

The person that influenced my grandpa the most would have to be his aunt because she was a Catholic nun that helped him keep his faith. A Catholic priest helped to teach him good sportsmanship and the love of sports. His mother, to teach him patience and love. My grandpa had many obstacles in his life, like welfare upbringing, only a grade six education, sent to work at the age of twelve as a grocery delivery boy, being only one out of fifteen children.

Some of my hero's actions were he was fighting in the war and he was jumping out of an airplane and landed safe but got hit by a grenade and lived after it. He died of old age. He achievements are living with fifteen other people, making money to feed all of the people and feeding himself and his wife, and last but not least making my mom a great person and I bet everyone else he raised a great person too.

Wilf
Wilf

My grandpa had very many character traits like courage. He had courage because he was in the war and he knew it was the right thing to do. He also had respect because he had respect for his country and all the people in it. The last one he had was caring. He was caring because he cared for his family and he wanted to make sure that he could do as much as he could do for him and himself.

My grandpa influenced me by always doing the right thing, even when he didn't want to do it, and for always being a great guy in all sorts of stuff.

So what I am trying to tell you is that he was a great guy and stood up for himself and everyone around him. Someday I want to be just like him and do something that will change the world.

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Last edited 5/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

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