Many Canadian soldiers arriving in Britain at the start of the Second World War found themselves billeted at Aldershot, which had been a training ground for more than 80 years. The Canadians were issued mattresses which came in three pieces called biscuits, which they suspected dated back to the opening of the camp. The biscuits were hard and filthy, impregnated with soot from the coal-burning stoves that heated the barracks. The Canadians soon dubbed them “sons of biscuits.” ­­ During the Gulf War, a hotel in Dubai became a home base for a collection of Canadian war correspondents and military personnel, including public affairs officers and staff members. There was no bar, but the hotel did offer a mini bowling alley for entertainment and the Canadians tended to congregate there in th...