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School project was fun with dad
By Leonard Wenninger – Drayton Valley, Alta. Our teacher informed us one day that we’d be doing a paper maché project the following week. We were going to be making animals and he wanted us [more…]
To the present generation, our past is ‘just a story’
By Anne (Kurkowsky) Cohoon – Wilberforce, Ont. My brother, Michael Kurkowsky, was a soldier. He was born on a farm north of the village of Hyas in east-central Saskatchewan, and attended Lake Helen School. During the [more...]
Museum exhibit symbolizes Air Force sacrifice
By John Fefchak – Virden, Man. At the 15 Wing Military Museum at CFB Moose Jaw, there’s an exhibit that symbolizes the sacrifices of our Air Force personnel. In the darkened room, there is a small [more...]
“It was so quiet, it was downright spooky”
By Harold Thom – Nakusp, B.C. The winter of 1946-47 at Candle Lake, north of Prince Albert, Sask. was cold with lots [more...]
Bombed hotels had not windows or doors
By William Ruf – Prairie View, Sask. I was 21 years old when called to the army on April 17, 1941. I [more...]
