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by Temujin
Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to read a map
Replies: 13
Views: 3795

Re: How to read a map

Here’s a HIGH REZ photo available at LAC for an example. With this type of photo, you can see the TACTICAL MARKINGS on the bumper of the jeep and be able to tell the Unit its from. I’ve included the whole page it was on, then a photo that you can download…..so you can see you can get HIGH REZ photo’...
by Temujin
Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to read a map
Replies: 13
Views: 3795

Re: How to read a map

Pierre, here are photo’s I could find of JEEP’s, but I don’t know who they belong to……in this ONE ALBUM, these are the only photo’s of jeeps I could find……..so you can see to find RCE Jeep’s will be hard. I give you the original page so you can see it, and I’ve taken ONE photo and blown it up. You c...
by Temujin
Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to read a map
Replies: 13
Views: 3795

Re: How to read a map

Hello ! Amazing link! I'd never seen this video before, so I haven't looked any further on the Canadian War Museum website. It seems that. I am looking for a maximum of photos of life camp of RCE companies in European Theater, lot of photos video ho show the differents uniforms worn in during the c...
by Temujin
Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:39 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: War Dogs
Replies: 4
Views: 37842

Re: War Dogs

A US Army film on “War Dogs”

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24494
by Temujin
Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:00 am
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: RCAF, 428 Sqdn Lancaster, KB764 ... Help
Replies: 8
Views: 11414

Re: RCAF, 428 Sqdn Lancaster, KB764 ... Help

Hello. I’m am a daughter of the navigator on the Lancaster KB764 the ditched into the sea upon approach to the Azores. My parents settled in Toronto, Ontario after the war and stayed in close touch with the pilot, Paul Acree, and his wife, who settled in Rainy River, Ontario. I have few records (mo...
by Temujin
Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:23 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: More help with Uncle's time in Italy please
Replies: 6
Views: 1891

Re: More help with Uncle's time in Italy please

When reading these records you also have to look at the DATES……the dates on this part of the record seem to be “out of order’. This happens quite a lot in records, as the unit clerks add this information “when they can get around to it’…plus sometimes there is more than one clerk adding info…….so th...
by Temujin
Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to read a map
Replies: 13
Views: 3795

Re: How to read a map

And here is a video that has the 5th Canadian Field Companiy, RCE in it https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/1264 Engineers serving with either the 5th Field Company Royal Canadian Engineers or No 8 Beach Group probe an area of ground behind 'Nan Red' Beach for mines and booby traps. The corpse...
by Temujin
Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to read a map
Replies: 13
Views: 3795

Re: How to read a map

Hello Yes we told here and by email :) I am reenacting ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS in France and make a lot of research on it specificaly on 3rd CID RCE field coys (3rd, 6th, 16th, and 18th) I am looking for artecfacts too of these companies ! I am looking for testimonies of veteran of field coys RCE....
by Temujin
Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: Soldier Research
Topic: More help with Uncle's time in Italy please
Replies: 6
Views: 1891

Re: More help with Uncle's time in Italy please

Me again. I’m focused on my Uncle’s service time in Italy. I’m trying to nail down regiments, squadrons, etc. as I plan to read the war diaries. Here’s what I know so far…he’s wounded in France in mid August 1944. He’s returned to active duty and sent to Italy. He’s on various X-4 lists until mid D...
by Temujin
Sun Dec 29, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: LAC and TNA File Exchange
Replies: 1
Views: 1071

Re: LAC and TNA File Exchange

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