Lucas Walker is the great-grandson of Ozzie MacLean, whom our listeners might remember from the 1990s as a crusaders for veteran's rights. Lucas Walker tells CHSJ News he was inspired by how his great-grandfather pushed for merchant seamen to get the same benefits as other vets, even marching on Parliament Hill.
Walker says his great-grandfather fought bravely despite there only being a 1 in 8 chance of surviving the war in the merchant navy.
Walker will be competing with his project on Ozzie MacLean against over 70 other entries at the New Brunswick Museum tonight.
