Second World War vet who fought in an elite squadron honoured in Toronto on 100th birthday
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Jack Paley, who was part of an elite British group during the Second World War, turned 100 on Thursday, marking the day with a celebration at the Historic Royal Canadian Military Institute.
The Second World War veteran, who turned 100 on Thursday, was part of an elite British group — the Special Air Service (SAS). In downtown Toronto, at the Historic Royal Canadian Military Institute, there was a procession for Paley to mark his monumental birthday.
“I made it -- how, I don't know,” Paley said with humour. "I'm just same as ever.”
Paley, with his wife of 70 years by his side, was presented with a cake that proudly noted his role within the SAS, a secretive group that until recently, even his own children knew little about.
“I used to think he was a spy as a kid — because it was very secretive and so we didn't hear a lot about it,” said Anne Ison, Paley’s daughter. “Last few years has been eye opening, humbling."
