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April 16, 2018

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Faces of the Second World War

Paratroopers of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion who shaved the letters V-I-C-T-O-R-Y on their heads during their stay at a transit camp in England before parachuting into France. England, ca. 1-5 June 1944.

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Today in Military History

1944 HMC Ships St. Laurent, Owen Sound and Swansea assist Royal Navy warships sink the German submarine U-845 in the North Atlantic.

Today’s Honour Roll

J. N. Graham, 1918
C. R. Dixon, 1943
W. Edwards, 1915
A. Befus, 1943
M. Peturson, 1917
G. T. Casselman, 1947
V. S. Beevor, 1917
R. Oberg, 1915
G. Earls, 1915
V. S. Wenzel, 1918

These are 10 of the 161 Canadians who fell on this day in history.

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