
Veterans’ post-WW II experience examined in new Canadian War Museum exhibit
It’s no secret that the widely known “greatest generation” is fast disappearing. In August 1995, there were said to be 501,690 living Second World War
It’s no secret that the widely known “greatest generation” is fast disappearing. In August 1995, there were said to be 501,690 living Second World War
Jean-Louis Brenninkmeijer was “only supposed to come to Canada for two years.” It’s now been 26, explains the proud Canadian. Originally from the Netherlands,
In Méharicourt Communal Cemetery, about 45 minutes from Courcelette, France, lies WW II Canadian Victoria Cross recipient Andrew Mynarski. Etched into the white—if weathered—gravestone is
Mandy Shintani remembers the samurai sword in her family closet. Just a child at the time, the third-generation Japanese-Canadian—or Sansei—had little understanding of where, exactly,
Craig McKie of Fraser Valley, B.C., never met his father. He was just two months old on May 29, 1944, when Flying Officer Donald Galloway
British author and filmmaker Phil Craig has long anticipated completing his book trilogy on the Second World War. First came Finest Hour: The Battle of
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