Source: Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press, November 10, 2017 MONTREAL – At age 100, Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart still remembers every detail of the bloody and chaotic scene on the beach during the ill-fated Allied raid on Dieppe in 1942. Hart, a communications operator, remembers being stuck on a crippled boat about five metres… Continue reading ‘We were sitting ducks’: 100-year-old veteran shares Dieppe raid memories
Tag: World War 2
Remember – you’re Canadian!
How do you describe Canadians? The following jokes might help you out. Why did the Canadian cross the road? He saw some American do it on TV. How many Canadians does it take to change a light bulb? None. They don’t change light bulbs, they accept them the way they are. A Canadian called the… Continue reading Remember – you’re Canadian!
Kindersley Remembers Past Heroes
The rattling of machine guns, the booming of artillery, the shrill scream of shells, and the droning of planes. The bone-chilling cold, the oozing mud, the sleepless nights and everlasting days. Thousands of men and women answered the call and served their country, no matter the cost. We will remember them. We will remember… Continue reading Kindersley Remembers Past Heroes
Herbert Strutt: A Kindersley War Veteran Remembers
The 97-year-old man leaned back in his chair. His eyes took on a far-away look as memories, some bidden, some not, came flooding into the present. For Herbert (Herb) Strutt of Kindersley, Remembrance Day holds great significance as he remembers comrades and battles over 70 years ago. Strutt, raised near Brock, SK, signed up for… Continue reading Herbert Strutt: A Kindersley War Veteran Remembers
When the Battle Cry is Spoken
When the Battle Cry is spoken, And the Voice of War is heard, The soldiers of the Allies, To battlefields do move. The enemy is silent, As if waiting for the sun, Then they hear that awesome sound, The booming of the Guns… The shells come whistling all around And wreck and break and knock… Continue reading When the Battle Cry is Spoken
Kindersley War Brides Remember
After the high adventure and the whirlwind romance came the shocking reality of dusty streets and the lack of indoor plumbing. The Kindersley war brides got a little more than they bargained for when they accepted rings from their “soldier boys.” “Even [the men] were different then what we were used to,” noted Lillian Acker,… Continue reading Kindersley War Brides Remember
A Prairie Soldier’s War Memories
“My Dearest, I miss you terribly …If you send a letter once a week it will be fine, but I won’t object if you write oftener.”—Letter from Len Warman to Vi Warman Letters of pain, sorrow, hope and longing, penned by men and women all over Canada, give us a quiet glimpse… Continue reading A Prairie Soldier’s War Memories
Just Carve the Turkey
Peace on Earth It was war time, but a 12-year-old-boy and his mother were managing a relatively peaceful existence in a small country cottage near the German-Belgian border. On Christmas Eve this peacefulness was disrupted when three American soldiers appeared at their front door. These men were armed, desperate, freezing to death and wounded. The… Continue reading Just Carve the Turkey
While others tried to forget, this soldier told his story
Private Desmond Doss walked into the bloodiest battle of World War II. He had enlisted as a medic and after the war was over, he was awarded a medal of honor and branded a hero. But when Doss arrived for basic training, he was not treated as a hero, but as an outcast. He was… Continue reading While others tried to forget, this soldier told his story
Nazi-era time capsule found in Poland
By The Associated Press, September 21, 2016 WARSAW, Poland — Nazi-era newspapers, coins, documents and copies of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” have been found in a “time capsule” that was buried in 1934 in the foundations of a Nazi training centre, a Polish town official said Tuesday. Explorers in Zlocieniec, in northwestern Poland, dug for the… Continue reading Nazi-era time capsule found in Poland