Private Morris Piche of 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry is helped to an aid station near Kapyong by Lance Corporal Bill Chrysler, 1951.
Gunners with the 12th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, read the victory issue of The Maple Leaf, Aurich, Germany. LIEUT. DONALD I. GRANT, LIBRARY AND
Troops arrive back in Halifax with a souvenir flag, June 1945. PAUL TAILLEFER, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA112367
Liberated prisoners from Hong Kong on board HMCS Prince Robert. LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
Debris litters the streets of Halifax following the VE-Day riot. ROBERT ARTHUR BUSH, CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM—20080094-483
An extra edition of the Regina Leader-Post announces victory. SASKATCHEWAN ARCHIVES BOARD—S78-114
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