Corvette K-225 (1943)

Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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Personnel of Le Royal 22e Régiment getting ready for disembarkation, Villapiana, Italy, 16 September 1943.

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1916 The Department of Militia authorizes the formation of a Forestry Battalion to be called the 224th Canadian Forestry Battalion that becomes the Canadian Forestry Corps.

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R. C. Herod, 1944
S. M. Wright, 1943
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H. M. Long, 1944
M. A. Knight, 1944
F. S. Jenkins, 1943
H. Firth, 1918
B. T. Tole, 1919
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W. H. Prest, 1941

These are 10 of the 183 Canadians who fell on this day in history.

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