During the cold war, Ronald ferried supplies through the desert between Egypt and Israel. For him, Remembrance Day is an important reminder of all the freedoms we have today.
Winnifred Grant’s childhood was bookended by war. Born in London, England, in 1918, just as the first world war came to a close, Winnie joined the Royal British Air Force and entered WWII when she was still in her teens.
The little boat sailed across the open water almost silently, having no idea of what could be waiting below. In 1944, 18-year-old Mary Greenwood made the 70-killometer trip across the open waters of the Bay of Fundy in what she calls “lifeboat...
They stood together in the mess hall. Waiting. Wondering. There had to be an important reason the entire ship had been gathered, but what was it? Gordon Weaver was born in Welland, Ontario, in April 1922. He joined the Canadian Army in 1942, at the...
The waters in the Bristol Channel are clear and glitter in the sun. In the fall of 1944, the hum of a single airplane broke their serenity as it streaked across the sky. Arthur Stiff, who was a Hurricane Fighter Pilot in WWII, was searching for a...
The siren wailed, breaking the night’s calm. Quartermaster Sergeant John Stringer assembled with the rest of the crew. One of the ships in their convoy had been hit with a German torpedo, and there was no telling how many U-boats were below them. ...
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