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0 May 1, 1961: 415 Maritime Patrol Squadron is formed. Based at Summerside, P.E.I., the squadron flies Argus anti-submarine/marine patrol aircraft. May 2, 1885: At the Battle of Cut Knife Hill in Saskatchewan, Lieutenant-Colonel William Otter and 500 troops attack Chief Poundmaker’s Cree camp, one of three...
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0 HMCS Haida on patrol in Korean waters, 1952-54. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES It has been a milestone year for Canada’s navy. Coast to coast to coast, events were held to celebrate the navy’s 100th anniversary. Since January, we’ve presented a selection of stories that examine...
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1 1 NOVEMBER 1939 Daily coast-to-coast flights launched by Trans-Canada Air Lines. Trans-Canada Air Lines brochure. PHOTO: BJORN LARSSON 2 NOVEMBER 1971 Eight Canadian Forces crew members die when a Dakota aircraft crashes near Cape Perry, N.W.T. 3 NOVEMBER 1972 No. 444 Squadron is established at Lahr,...
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1 MAY 1, 1945 As part of the Pacific Fleet, His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Uganda and elements of Task Force 57 place themselves to intercept Japanese air strikes headed for the island of Okinawa south of Japan. Uganda, along with other cruisers and battleships, bombards air bases...
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0 Students look out from the Newfoundland memorial over the battlefield at Beaumont-Hamel. PHOTO: SHARON ADAMS Of all the expressions known to humankind, nothing captures the essence of remembrance more than a prolonged period of silence. When the First World War ended 90 years ago on...
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1 Canadian soldiers—by the truckload—celebrate after the Battle of Vimy Ridge. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA001353 Canada is on the razor’s edge of lived memory. At the time of writing this story, there is only one Canadian veteran left alive from the First World War. In...
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