A Calgary-area veteran is happy a few new tribute to an vital a part of Canada’s army historical past.
Kurtis Sanheim is enjoying a key position in a salute to some courageous Canadian troopers.
Together with serving within the Canadian army, Sanheim has additionally been working as an actor since 1994.
He lately portrayed the commanding officer in The Liberation Males, an impartial Canadian film shot within the Ottawa space.
The story is predicated on actual occasions throughout World Battle Two, as Canadian troops performed a significant half in liberating Holland from Nazi occupation.
The film depicts the actions of Canadian troopers in a Dutch city in 1945.
“It was a few guys making an attempt to make skirmishes to make the Germans assume that there was a complete bunch of them attacking, when in reality it was solely two guys working round at evening,” Sanheim stated.
“So as an alternative of rolling tanks in, if we are able to push the Germans out of city, we’re going to save lots of the entire city. You don’t need to have all of the civilian harm, like we’re seeing right this moment with Russia/Ukraine and Palestine/Israel.”
Sanheim is at present serving because the chaplain on the Royal Canadian Legion in Okotoks, Alta.
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“Doing the opening prayer, doing the closing prayer at a variety of ceremonial stuff,” Sanheim stated. “Offering peer help for veterans who’re going via post-traumatic stress.”
Sanheim is internet hosting a screening of The Liberation Males on the Okotoks Cinemas on Might 5, which is widely known as Liberation Day in Holland.
“It’s very thrilling, as a result of I’m ex-military, joined the army in 1990, in till about 2006, went to serve in Croatia after I was 20,” Sanheim stated. “To play a senior chief in a World Battle Two film was great.”
Sanheim hopes The Liberation Males will assist educate the general public about some vital Canadian historical past.
“To point out younger folks what Canadian troopers did once they had been 17, 18 years outdated,” Sanheim stated. “That’s what we need to painting within the film – the type of heroism our Canadian troopers confirmed.”
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