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ICELANDIC CONNECTION
Vol. 71 #4
Ryan Eyford receiving a Good Citizens Award from Jon Sigurdsson Chapter IODE
in 2004. Left to right: Jo Wilson, Dee Dee Westdal, Ryan Eyford, Dora Sigurdsson,
and Deanna Isliefson, president of the Chapter.
Below: photo of the spines of the two veterans books.
they sold copies of the
book, as well as raffle
tickets and handmade
items to raise funds
for the Jon Sigurdsson
Chapter scholarships
and philanthropic
work.
In 2004, Ryan
Eyford was recognized
with a Good
Citizenship Award
by the Jon Sigurdsson
Chapter IODE for
his work in creating a
database for the two
veterans of Icelandic
descent books and
the supplement.
Today, Minningarrit Islenzkra
Hermanna 1914-1918 and Veterans of
Icelandic Descent World War II have been
digitized at the University of Manitoba.
War is a dreadful thing and for those who
served on foot and on ships, in tanks and
in planes it was a terrifying experience,
diffcult to even imagine. But it did
bring about what has been referred to as
the 'Brotherhood of War” for those who
agonized through it. This book brings
that brotherhood back together.
— Preface of Veterans of Icelandic
Descent World War II
Capt. Freeman Skaptason and Lt.
Col. Einar Arnason OBE