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John Hishon of Windsor, Ont., and Brock Cummings of Prescott, Ont., both sent this story; here’s Mr. Hishon’s version: A paratroop recruit was given the
John Hishon of Windsor, Ont., and Brock Cummings of Prescott, Ont., both sent this story; here’s Mr. Hishon’s version: A paratroop recruit was given the
Here’s an item from D.S. Climie of Nipigon, Ont.: “Because of a surplus of trained artillery officers, I sat around transit camp in Windsor, N.S.,
Hugh Baird of Oshawa, Ont., says the soldier in a military hospital greeted the new arrival with: “Don’t trust the night nurse – she keeps
Legionnaire David Sim was wounded at Passchendaele at age 17 and became a deputy minister in the Department of National Revenue in 1930 at 30,
John D. Kenney of Windsor, Ont., reminds us indirectly that recipients gave all kinds of outlandish reasons for being awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
Hugh Baird of Oshawa, Ont., sent a story about a pensioner who walked into the local and asked for a pint of 1914 ale. The
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.