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A story from the Legion Magazine website. Canadian sailors had limited to no experience in boarding potentially hostile ships at sea when they embarked on their mission to the Persian Gulf in August 1990. Yet this was to be one of their primary roles. Their British and American allies had marines an...

Private Jess Randall Larochelle of the Royal Canadian Regiment was in an observation post when it was destroyed by a rocket-propelled grenade during an enemy attack on the position in Pashmul, Afghanistan. It was Oct. 14, 2006. Manning a C6 machine gun—known as “the bullet magnet” because the enemy...

Thanks George.

Stay safe, and Happy New Year.

I would be glad to share the photo so others could possibly find an image their loved one. However, I'm not sure how to go about that. Perhaps someone could tell me. Thanks. Dolly, Welcome to the forum. It is always a pleasure to see Veterans relatives joining and wishing to share their information...

Details of death from Ancestry.

In an article originally published in the May 2006 issue of Military History, Canadian author Habeeb Salloum who specializes in Canadian, Arab and Latin American history, travel and the culinary arts, describes how Canada’s North-West Rebellion reached its climax in May 1885, as the government army ...

Page two of the Squadron ORB, available at the UK National Archives for free, AIR 27/671/6, is shown:

George, it has been a pleasure to assist, in my small way.

The pain has been easily controlled with one or two paracetamols.

Another interesting read on the Legion Magazine website. https://legionmagazine.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Royal_Air_Force-_France_1939-1940._C1738-768x492.jpg Fairey Battles bombing a German horse-drawn convoy near Dunkirk. Photograph taken from the rear gunner’s position in a Battle as it c...

An article from the Legion Magazine website proved extremely interesting to read. https://legionmagazine.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2320010_6.jpg Flight Lieutenant James Andrew Watson of Hamilton, Ont., remained at the controls of his plummeting Lancaster to allow his crew time to bail out. I...