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Signal skills are taught to ratings during the Second World War. PHOTO: CANADIAN NAVY The small ships of the Sheep Dog Navy at war in the vile North Atlantic came to be seen as Canada’s naval war, and as the origins of the modern Canadian...
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It can be distressing when you or someone close to you is overcome by emotion at a Remembrance Day ceremony—but that’s no reason not to take part in services if you want to...
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The names of more than 20,000 Allied airmen who have no known grave are inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial in southern England. PHOTO: NORMAN BRICE As the Second World War reached its conclusion, many problems confronted the victors, from disarming defeated enemies to repatriating millions...
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A player in the Canadian Football League will be recognized this year for embodying the spirit of Canada’s veterans with a new trophy dedicated to outstanding player and executive Jake Gaudaur. Canadian Football League Commissioner Mark Cohon was joined by Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn...
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. 1 DECEMBER 1996 A recovery team locates the remains of crew members killed when Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota KN-563 crashed during a monsoon on June 21, 1945. The plane had been flying supplies to British troops in Burma (now Myanmar). 2 DECEMBER 1968...
Archive for December, 2010
