2002 September | Legion Magazine

North To Alaska

A worker drapes his head with netting to keep insects at bay. I have no recollection of my first journey north over the [...]

September 1, 2002, by Les McLaughlin

Horror Beyond Dieppe

by Robert Waddy On Sept. 1, 1939–at the age of 18–I went to a party at a pharmacist’s home in North Vancouver. The pharmacist was a good friend who had given me the opportunity [...]

September 1, 2002

The Airman From The Crash

by John Lewis One of my favourite pastimes during World War II was riding my bicycle out to the Royal Air Force base situated a short distance from our house in Heston, England. [...]

September 1, 2002

In Her Majesty’s Service

by Rosalee van Stelten It began in Winnipeg during the Great Flood of 1950. My schoolmates were stacking sandbags to keep back the swiftly rising waters of the Red River. Slight of build, [...]

September 1, 2002

Apple Country

From top: Beautiful apples sparkle under the sun in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley; Apple grower G.T. Turnbull examines [...]

September 1, 2002, by Steve Pitt

An Ammunition Column. Thurston Topham was Canadian by choice, not birth. Born in England in 1888, he emigrated to Montreal when he was 23. His British education prepared him for architecture and interior decoration, but after his experiences in World War I he decided to pursue a career as an artist. In WW I, Topham joined the 1st Canadian Siege Battery, where he was put to work creating panoramic observation sketches as well as routine duties. He often worked on his personal paintings by moonlight during the Battle of the Somme. [...]