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First World War veteran Herb Stonham of Dunnville, Ont., recalled this incident at Camp Borden in 1916 when his unit was preparing for embarkation leave:
First World War veteran Herb Stonham of Dunnville, Ont., recalled this incident at Camp Borden in 1916 when his unit was preparing for embarkation leave:
Daisy Cook, 90, of Regina sends this: A young padre, visiting a hospital ward for the first time, asked for a list of patients. Beside
Campbell C. King of White Rock, B.C., a member of the Great War Veterans’ Association and Legion for 63 years, recounts: An Anzac outfit was
Here’s a sign story from John Edlund of Cobble Hill, B.C. “Among the prominent posters displayed in Britain during the war was one saying ‘FOOD
Rear-Admiral William Landymore didn’t endear himself to Defence Minister Paul Hellyer when he fought the good fight against service unification. But Canadian sailors loved him,
James T. MacDonald of Amherst, N.S., recounts when he was in a signals holding unit at Cove, Hants, England, in 1941. The flow of parcels
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.