Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, waiting to board storm boats operated by the 23rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.), near Nijmegen, Netherlands, 27 November 1944.
1951 The Royal Canadian Navy (Reserve) begins recruiting women for service with the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (the Wrens) for the first time since the Second World War.
