This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.

Skip to Navigation | Skip to Content

Legion Magazine

Get the full story. Click here to subscribe!

Archive for January, 2004

Canada Corner

Voyageurs On The Nile

size=”2″>

The Nile Voyageurs negotiate the river’s second cataract in November 1884.

For nearly 400 Canadians it was a winter like no other. Instead […]

January 1, 2004, by John Boileau

Defence Today

Canada’s Military Ethos

by David J. Bercuson

However the concept “profession of arms” is described in modern terms, it is always defined as having an “unlimited liability” to the political masters who direct […]

January 1, 2004

Defence Today

Canadian Soldiers Receive British Medal

Top: General Ray Hénault presents the British Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone to Master Warrant Officer Ken […]

January 1, 2004

Defence Today

New Armoured Vehicles Announced After Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

by Ray Dick

A United States Army Stryker armoured vehicle moves out […]

January 1, 2004

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

Pausing To Reflect

From top: Fisherman Barry Sullivan remembers while on his boat at Herring Cove, N.S.; businessmen pause for remembrance […]

January 1, 2004

Memoirs & Pilgrimages

An Italian Remembrance

Illustrations and story by Jennifer Morse

Clockwise from top left: Student Celene Montgomery arrives at […]

January 1, 2004, by Jennifer Morse

Canada Corner

Fortress Louisbourg

Sunlight washes over the historic King’s Bastion Barracks at Fortress Louisbourg. Inset: One of the fort’s restored […]

January 1, 2004, by L.D. Cross

War Art

George Broomfield

George Broomfield’s paintings depict airmen and the advance through Northwest Europe. From top: Transport With Supplies For 2nd […]

January 1, 2004, by Jennifer Morse

Canada & the Victoria Cross

Canada And The Victoria Cross: Part 1 of 18

Into the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred
Cannon to right of them
Cannon to left of them
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d and thunder’d
­Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Lieutenant Alexander Roberts Dunn, VC.

The Battle of Balaclava! An atrocious disregard […]

January 1, 2004, by Arthur Bishop

Canadian Military History in Perspective

The Aries Flights Of 1945: Air Force, Part 1

After her modification for scientific research, Aries sits at a Canadian airport in 1945. Inset: Wing Commander Kenneth […]

January 1, 2004, by Hugh A. Halliday

Classified Ads

Military Memorabilia

WANTED: POCKET & WRIST WATCHES Any condition: Military, Rolex, Railroad, Omega, Patek any old watches. Call or email Kevin. Toll-free 1-877-765-3999 or kevin@harmonyjewellers.ca.

Miscellaneous

www.comedynight.ca

Site Info

Legion Magazine is a Canadian English-language magazine with a French insert. It is published in a four-colour format, covering stories about Canadians, Canada’s institutions its military and its heritage. Legion Magazine is recommended by The Royal Canadian Legion, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving veterans and their families and the perpetuation of remembrance.