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Archive for November, 2002

Defence Today

Mending The Militia

by Ray Dick The struggles of the Canadian military to provide an effective fighting force to cope with an increasing [...]

November 11, 2002

Canada Corner

War Veterans In The Wilderness

  Hearty, strong immigrants, United Empire Loyalists hacking a solid farm out of the woods, the simple life of Upper Canada: These are the images that draw us back to an idyllic time when anyone with an ambition [...]

November 1, 2002, by Mark Bourrie

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

Desert Duty On The Iraqi Border

by Uwe U. Beyer

Inset: An Iraqi tank is prepared for demolition; members of 29 Field Sqdn. examine what’s left of the [...]

November 1, 2002

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

Membership Has Its Advantages

by Rhonda Lee Stephenson For six months in 1989, beginning in May and ending in October, I was retained by Club Med International to perform as an entertainer at their Turquoise location in [...]

November 1, 2002

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

Scouting On The Afghan Frontier

by Leonard Richards Christmas Day, 1944. A mud-block fort in the Tochi Valley of North Waziristan, a few miles from Afghanistan’s southern border, on the northwest frontier of India. Snow [...]

November 1, 2002

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

Back To Dieppe

Story and photographs by Tom MacGregor

Clockwise from top left: Dominion President Allan Parks views [...]

November 1, 2002

Canada Corner

A Reputation For Innovation

In 1916, Canada was a little less than 50 years old, but it was deeply embroiled in one of the most cataclysmic conflicts the world had known to that date: World War I. The federal government [...]

November 1, 2002, by Laura Byrne Paquet

Defence Today

Canadian Forces Issues Health Warning About Vaccine

by Natalie Salat Following a recent Health Canada review, several thousand Canadian Forces members who were vaccinated against [...]

November 1, 2002

Defence Today

Eye On Defence: Watching Our Border And Our Shores

by David J. Bercuson Last August details began to emerge of some of the new Canada-United States arrangements that are being discussed by the two governments to aid each other in the [...]

November 1, 2002

Defence Today

Fighting The Bean Counters

Top left: Canadian peacekeeping duty in Cyprus lasted from 1964 to 1993. Bottom: Canadian soldiers pause while on [...]

November 1, 2002

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.