By Leonard (Scotty) Wells – Scarborough, Ont. I was born in Rapid City, Man. in 1930 and joined the Royal Canadian Navy in May 1948. While serving onboard HMCS Ontario in Esquimalt, B.C., the Korean [more…]
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…]
There was once an elderly, despondent woman living in a nursing home. She wouldn’t speak to anyone or request anything. She merely existed – rocking in her creaky old rocking chair, day in and day [more…]
By William Ruf – Prairie View, Sask. I was 21 years old when called to the army on April 17, 1941. I reported in Regina to the Regina Rifle Regiment and then went to Calgary [more…]
By Garth Combs – Airdrie, Alta. I was born on Sept. 10, 1922 at Deloraine, Man., and joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment on Jan. 6, 1942. I was a rifleman in 7th Platoon of ‘A’ [more…]
By Lorraine (DeBruyne) Weise – Gibbons, Alta. Private Thomas Ernest Hone (1896-1917) was killed in action during WWI. Thomas Hone was an uncle of my late husband, Allan Weise. Thomas was the brother of Allan’s [more…]
By Grace (Huckabay) Haugen – Sundre, Alta. On the homestead at Meadow Lake, Sask., where my parents lived for 20 years, in the Dunfield school district, we had horses, cows, pigs, a dog, and cat. [more…]
By Dorothy McLeod – Saskatoon, Sask. My husband, Keith, was the third eldest in a family of 13 children, two of whom died in infancy. At a very early age, he went to work and [more…]
By Lorna (Rogers) Finstad – Armstrong, B.C. Harry Milan Finstad served active duty from July 1941 to Feb. 11, 1946 in England, Burma, and India. During WWII, hundreds of young women and men left their families and [more…]
By Yvette Desnoyers Hayes – Fruitvale, B.C. My father, Eugene Desnoyers, was born Sept. 2, 1898. He lied about his age so he could get into the Canadian army. At 17, he could easily pass as [more…]
By Leo Grudinski – Lethbridge, Alta. WWII ended in Europe May 8, 1945 and was commonly known as VE (Victory in Europe) Day. At that time, I was serving in the Canadian Navy aboard a [more…]
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