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My Recollections

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PRESCHOOL RECOLLECTIONS ....................................................................................3

GOING TO SCHOOL...........................................................................................................5

DEATH IN THE FAMILY.................................................................................................10

LEARNING TO WORK.....................................................................................................12

A TURNING POINT...........................................................................................................16

RUMBLINGS OF WAR, LEAVING HOME ...................................................................17

A STUDENT AT P.B.I.........................................................................................................21

MISSION WORK IN NORTHERN ALBERTA..............................................................26

MILITARY REGISTRATION...........................................................................................28

MILITARY REGISTRATION...........................................................................................29

BASIC TRAINING..............................................................................................................32

ADVANCED TRAINING...................................................................................................36

DIARY 1943 .........................................................................................................................41

DIARY 1944 .........................................................................................................................49

D-DAY..................................................................................................................................55

FIRST BATTLES IN NORMANDY..................................................................................56

LEAVE IN ENGLAND .......................................................................................................81

BACK TO HOLLAND........................................................................................................82

SURRENDER! .....................................................................................................................88

NORMANDY TOUR...........................................................................................................95

SUMMER IN AMERSFOORT ..........................................................................................97

DRIVE TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA....................................................................................98

My Recollections

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GOING HOME!.................................................................................................................100

CHRISTMAS IN CALGARY...........................................................................................105

DIARY - 1946 .....................................................................................................................106

1947 - 1948 ..........................................................................................................................119

A NEW LIFE TOGETHER..............................................................................................121

MAKING A HOME...........................................................................................................125

VACATIONS......................................................................................................................127

VACATIONS......................................................................................................................128

Appendices

Appendix A – WWII Weapons and Equipment

Appendix B – Letters and Correspondence

Appendix C – Second Canadian Division

Appendix D – Bibliography

Appendix E – Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery







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