William J. Breen of Oyama, B.C., says a Newfoundland sailor posted to Victoria during the Second World War decided to spend his first leave in
Once a person has received more than one medal from the military or the government of Canada, there is a need to have them properly mounted for wearing.
At the beginning of the 1980s, Canada purchased 18 brand new CP-140 Aurora maritime surveillance aircraft primarily to maintain its designated North Atlantic Treaty Organization
There is a select group within the Canadian Armed Forces who have received a certificate at the end of their tour of operations in North Bay, Ont., inducting them into the Brotherhood of Underground Mushroomers.
HMCS St. Francis prepares to take on fuel from a tanker at sea, November 1942. LIEUT. GERALD M. MOSES, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA116335
When Paul Wheeler and Gerry Fostaty met at a reunion in July, they threw their arms around each other and cried. They last saw each other in July of 1974, Wheeler a 17-year-old cadet instructor, Fostaty an 18-year-old platoon sergeant at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, the summer a grenade exploded in a room full of cadets during a safety demonstration.
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