{"id":2303,"date":"2021-09-21T14:42:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:44:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:44:52","slug":"levesque-michel-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/levesque-michel-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e9vesque, Michel Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

The heart of Michel\u2019s mission was the children in Afghanistan. Michel was dedicated to doing what he could to protect them and save them.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining the military, Michel was an assistant game warden for one season. He liked to fish, hunt and to be outdoors. He enjoyed helping people and spending time with his family and friends. He was a dynamic person, who loved to joke around and have a good time.<\/p>\n

While in Afghanistan, hardly a day went by that he wasn\u2019t in contact with his family. He found the separation difficult.<\/p>\n

Michel was about helping people and when a volunteer was needed, he always stepped forward.<\/p>\n

Michel was proud of his hometown of Rivi\u00e8re-Rouge, a small close-knit community of 4,500, and his hometown was proud of him. Rivi\u00e8re-Rouge hosted a going away party for Michel and another local soldier and the mayor presented them with a flag of the town. Michel flew the town\u2019s flag at the Kandahar base.<\/p>\n

By Shari Narine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait by Susan Abma<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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September 4, 1988 – August 1, 2009
\nHometown: Val d’Or, Quebec
\nUnit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nL\u00e9vesque, Michel Jr. - Project Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/levesque-michel-jr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"L\u00e9vesque, Michel Jr. - Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 4, 1988 - August 1, 2009 Hometown: Val d'Or, Quebec Unit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/levesque-michel-jr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T14:42:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T14:44:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-Levesque-portrait1KYT-1132014-7157.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/levesque-michel-jr\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/levesque-michel-jr\/\",\"name\":\"L\u00e9vesque, Michel Jr. - 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