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One of Calgary's most decorated Second World War veterans dies at 101
Calgary's Navy Capt. William Wilson, a Second World War veteran who served on HMCS Ottawa during the Battle of the Atlantic and participated in the D-Day landings at Normandy, has died at 101.
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