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Archive for March, 2003

Canada Corner

The Alberni Tsunami

Buildings, docks and other structures were damaged beyond repair in the 1964 Tsunami. Cars were scattered like toys.

Shortly after midnight, 17-year-old Linda King was […]

March 1, 2003, by Darrell Ohs

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

The Ex Files

by Gerald W. Sigrist

From top: HMS/M Explorer enters Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1960; HMS/M Excalibur performs a high-speed run in 1959; HMS/M […]

March 1, 2003

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

A Front-line Soldier

by Arthur Ament

I joined the war effort in February 1916 while working in Tavistock, a small town located in southwestern Ontario between New Hamburg and Stratford. Myself and 11 other […]

March 1, 2003

Canada Corner

Landing The Big One

Mexico’s Juan de Dios de la Torre and fisherman Dick LeBlanc celebrate after landing a 655-pound tuna in September […]

March 1, 2003, by Tom MacGregor

War Art

Arthur Nantel

Arthur Nantel’s war art captures life as a PoW during World War I. Christmas Eve in Geissen Camp.

Arthur Nantel began his career as a commercial […]

March 1, 2003, by Jennifer Morse

Defence Today

Leaving The Air Force Up In The Air

by David J. Bercuson

The Royal Canadian Air Force first obtained its Hercules aircraft in the 1960s and has continued to upgrade […]

March 1, 2003

Defence Today

Former Guardsmen Carry On Tradition

Top: Former Toronto Mayor Philip Givens inspects a guard of honour of the Canadian Guards at city hall after […]

March 1, 2003

Defence Today

Three Canadian Airmen Laid To Rest

by Natalie Salat

Canadian and Dutch military personnel join in the funeral of three WW II airmen.

Nearly 60 years after their death, […]

March 1, 2003

Defence Today

Soldiers’ Courage In Little Known Battle Recognized

by Ray Dick

Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Day unveil a Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation presented […]

March 1, 2003

Defence Today

There’s No Youth Like It

by Ray Dick

An army cadet crosses a rope bridge during training.

They dress like soldiers, drill like soldiers, soar through the air in gliders and powered aircraft and they […]

March 1, 2003

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