Lest We Forget | Veteran Stories (3)

Bombs Away

Nov 27, 2017

Reginald Harrop woke up, confused. He was on a large cruise ship that should have been heading off across the Atlantic, with a convoy of 10-20 ships. But when he looked outside, they were alone, and the Rock of Gibraltar was towering over him.

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When the sound stops

Nov 22, 2017

The electrical lines wind off into the distance. Footsteps and soft murmurs echo through the tunnel as mothers come forward, cradling cardboard boxes. Inside the boxes, swaddled in blankets, is one of the only things they were able to bring with...

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Escape Artist

Nov 14, 2017

Born in 1924, Angelo was only 19 when he joined the Italian Army to fight against the Nazis.

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Navigating the War

Nov 10, 2017

In 1944, 20-year-old wireless operator Patrick Gallagher was killed in battle in Berlin, Germany. Later that year, his younger brother, Charlie, followed in his footsteps, joining the British Royal Air Force.

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Thirteen-Thousand Feet

Nov 03, 2017

Dennis Cutting is no stranger to the sound of the wind rushing in his ears. A sergeant in the 250th. Light Company RASC 1st Airborne Division, Dennis served as a paratrooper in the Second World War.

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Commanding the wounded

Nov 11, 2016

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...

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When they say no

Nov 11, 2016

Outside the plane, the world was washed white. Don Monroe, a Flying Officer and flight instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force, squinted, trying to see past the blizzard that had destroyed his visibility. He had been doing a cross-country trip...

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Surprise news in open waters

Nov 11, 2016

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...

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This side of the ocean

Nov 11, 2016

The map on the wall was updated daily. Markers showed enemy lines, stolen territory and surrendered land. Bernice Anderson looked at that map almost every day. Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in September 1926, Bernice’s parents both died before her...

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