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Archive for March, 2002

Canada Corner

Hard-water Sailing

Spectators gather at the foot of Toronto’s Bay St. to view a variety of iceboats in 1907. “There were the iceboats, which were a very [...]

March 1, 2002, by Steve Pitt

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

Joining Up

by Benjamin Errett   It wouldn’t exactly be true to say I joined The Royal Canadian Legion last October in a burst of post-Sept. 11th patriotic fervour. I had been [...]

March 1, 2002

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

A Search For Something Better

by Inspector Graham Muir   Vlade Maric and his family welcomed us into their home on a warm spring day in 1993. It was our first day in Croatia and [...]

March 1, 2002

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

Zero Hour

by John M. Robertson   It was April 1, but His Majesty’s Ship Indefatigable had been plowing a furrow back and forth across the Pacific [...]

March 1, 2002

Canada Corner

Festivals For Us Folks

Throat singers Melody Kuneluk and Evik Ayalik at Yellowknife’s Folks On the Rocks festival. Chances are good Richard Davis will [...]

March 1, 2002, by Marla Fletcher

War Art

Robert Hyndman

Wing Commander D.J. Williams. Robert Hyndman’s paintings depict the men and machines of [...]

March 1, 2002, by Jennifer Morse

Defence Today

Eye On Defence: Time To Ask The People

by David J. Bercuson

Defence Minister Art Eggleton In late February Defence Minister Art Eggleton told the annual gathering of the Conference of Defence Associations [...]

March 1, 2002

Defence Today

Conference Calls For Defence Policy Review

by Ray Dick

Legion Defence Committee members (from left) Lou Cuppens, Brad White and Buster Brown. The country’s top military, political and defence [...]

March 1, 2002

Defence Today

The Soldier’s Bible

In the March/April issue we excerpted Part 1 of The Canadian Soldier’s Handbook of General Information. Issued in 1943, the little red book was the Defence Department’s authoritative manual on a soldier’s rights and responsibilities in World War [...]

March 1, 2002

Canadian Military History in Perspective

Bomber Command Strategy: Army, Part 40

A church service is held in Normandy, France, in August 1944 for members of an RCAF Typhoon fighter-bomber wing. [...]

March 1, 2002, by Terry Copp

Classified Ads

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

“After the Last Veteran” – Includes reference to Canadian efforts for veteran’s welfare, including Caribbean veterans. St. Kitts–Nevis Legion.Lulu.com.

MILITARY MEMORABILIA

H.M.C.S. FRASER 1940: her motor cutter is for sale; a centenary project? graphoz@dccnet.com.

 

FIREARMS MILITARY AND COLLECTABLE WANTED
Licensed collector buying Luger Pistols 1900-45 and other military firearms. 514-457-5583, lugercollector@hotmail.com.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

ONTARIO RCL PIPES DRUMS AND COLOURS
Sunday April 25 from 10:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion in Midland.  First 2010 General Meeting/afternoon Dress Parade with an act of remembrances for band members who have passed on. For more information go to lugercollector@hotmail.com.

 

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Wanted 35mm kodachrome aircraft slides pre-1975 and 16mm films. Tel: 604-707-0901, daletenby@shaw.ca.