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A young American filmmaker, who is on a mission to interview every last living Second World War veteran, is making his way through Ontario to memorialize the stories from Canadian vets.
Rishi Sharma, 24, has spent the past five years documenting the lives of living Second World War veterans in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada for his non-profit organization Heroes of the Second World War.
"By recording these veterans on camera, you're giving them the opportunity to live forever," he explained to CTV's Your Morning on Friday....
..."I've saved up the last of my funding to make this trip to Ontario from California because I knew about 45 World War II veterans, Canadians that needed their stories to be preserved," Sharma said. "I've been living out of my car just to make this happen, but it's been worth it because of the 45 veterans I've interviewed so far, 42 have never been interviewed."...
...the inspiration for Heroes of the Second World War came when he was in high school and decided to visit a local retirement home.
"I just wanted to thank some of the veterans for their service and the director was so excited to see a younger person there. He personally introduced me to 25 veterans of World War II,"...
Rishi Sharma, 24, has spent the past five years documenting the lives of living Second World War veterans in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada for his non-profit organization Heroes of the Second World War.
"By recording these veterans on camera, you're giving them the opportunity to live forever," he explained to CTV's Your Morning on Friday....
..."I've saved up the last of my funding to make this trip to Ontario from California because I knew about 45 World War II veterans, Canadians that needed their stories to be preserved," Sharma said. "I've been living out of my car just to make this happen, but it's been worth it because of the 45 veterans I've interviewed so far, 42 have never been interviewed."...
...the inspiration for Heroes of the Second World War came when he was in high school and decided to visit a local retirement home.
"I just wanted to thank some of the veterans for their service and the director was so excited to see a younger person there. He personally introduced me to 25 veterans of World War II,"...
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