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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

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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.,

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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

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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,

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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.

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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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