John Bertram John Bertram

JUST ONE LIFE — The Life and Death of Tommy White

The stark, compelling aerial photograph above was taken on July 3, 1944, during an American bombing mission over Timisoara, Rumania. Unlike so many aerial combat photos, whose exact date and location…

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Jonathan Falconer Jonathan Falconer

ONE WAY TICKET TO DUISBERG

When a Maximum Effort raid was called for by Bomber Command, upwards of 600 four-engined bomber crews could find themselves converging on the turning point…

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

THE GHOST LAKES OF MANITOBA

Canada is a very large place indeed and much of it contains no Canadians whatsoever, save for sport fishermen and tiny remote communities. The great boreal forest …

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

NATHAN CIRILLO, PATRICE VINCENT AND THE LONG LINE

I thought long and hard about whether to write anything at all about the recent murders of two of Canada’s proud soldiers by unstable humans who embraced religion and extremism as the final act of fragile and failure-filled lives…

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Dave O'Malley Dave O'Malley

READ AND REMEMBER

Spend a few moments on or around this Remembrance Day to read a story from our website about one of our heroes of the Second World War or Cold War. Scroll down, find a story that interests you and click on the image. You will be taken back to a time when duty, honour, leadership, courage, dignity and humility reigned supreme.

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