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VJ-Day’s 65th Anniversary Commemorated

Bad weather is nothing the 100 veterans and guests celebrating the 65th anniversary of VJ-Day, Aug. 15 in Ottawa hadn’t seen before. Arthur Adams, a veteran of 436 Squadron, recalls flying supplies to the British and Indian troops holding back the Japanese invaders during the Second World War. “I remember we were told when the monsoons came that we weren’t supposed to fly, but our [Wing Commander] Ralph Gordon said, ‘The hell we won’t!”’ Adams was among the veterans of 435 and 436 Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons who came to Ottawa for a weekend of reunions and commemoration. They were joined [...]

November 9, 2010, by Tom MacGregor

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
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MISCELLANEOUS
FEATHERS ON THE BRAIN– Brian Watkins, RCL representative to RCEL, “Feathers on the Brain,” a memoir of his life in Wales and as a British diplomat, available at Amazon.com or any good book shop, ISBN 978-0-9866421-5-9, $10.23. The author will be present at the Halifax Convention. Contribution from every book sold will be donated to The RCL’s Poppy Fund.

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