Indelible Memories

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Robert [Bob] Orrick, CD Royal Canadian Navy, Korea, 1952-53, HMCS Athabaskan DDE219 Following honourable discharge in 1975, Bob became a reporter/photographer then editor of a Vancouver Island, BC, community newspaper. In 1979, he was appointed ministerial assistant to a BC government cabinet minister. In 1986, Bob resigned his position and became a founding owner/vice-president of a Vancouver, BC-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, he worked diligently to educate Canadians about their country’s involvement in the Korean War; moreover, Bob toiled tirelessly to convince Ottawa to recognize the voluntarism of the 27,000 Canadians who served in Korea 1950-53 and to award a suitable medal. In November 1991, 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. Bob spent twelve years researching, interviewing and writing Indelible Memories; it truly is a labour of love. In 1990, Bob became a private ESL tutor, an undertaking he enjoyed until June 2005 when he retired. Bob lives in Ladner, BC with his wife of 56 years, Shirley.