The Newfoundland Escort Force

  • 2

    Cutthroat Careerism: Navy, Part 36

    December 18, 2009 by Marc Milner
    Rear-Admiral L.W. Murray (left) speaks with sailors at St. John’s, Nfld., in 1942. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA115347 The first months of Newfoundland Escort Force operations were trying. The rapidly expanding Royal Canadian Navy was confronted with the harsh realities of both war and the...