Colours were removed from the protestant Chapel at CFB Clinton and laid up in the Wesley-Willis United Church in the town of Clinton.

The base was due to close on 31 August.

After the ceremony, Major Frank Golding, Clinton's final commanding officer, said: "To those present today and to all who will worship in this church in the future, may these symbols serve as a valuable reminder of the friendship that has existed between the townsfolk of Clinton and the military for the past 30 years."

Originally published in Sentinel Magazine, September 1971.

 

VS-880 Squadron, with their fleet of Tracker aircraft, switched from an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role to surveillance duties in conjunction with the federal Department of Fisheries, operating out of Shearwater and their forward detachment at the Torbay Airport.

To view an abandoned American missile base, go to www.triggur.org/silo .

Please also visit the Department of National Defence's site at www.dnd.ca .

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