John Louis Corbin, North Nova Highlanders
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:49 pm
Hey folks,
My grandfather, John Louis Corbin, was a quiet man when it came to his war service. He suffered from depression and details about his actions were difficult to extract. He died at 93 in September of 2018. My mother found an old war journal he kept, and unfortunately lost it; driving away with the journal on the roof of her vehicle.
I remember he spoke once about walking through French towns single file and coming under fire multiple times, and his service times lines up with the D-Day operations. (enlisted some time in 1943, medically discharged December, 1944)
I have an opportunity to participate in the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landing in Normandy, France, and I don't have a lot of time to prepare (9 days)
I'm looking for a bit of guidance: Where should I go for my best chance on a bit of research. My application to participate in the anniversary must include that I have an immediate family member who was present for the D-Day Landings. All I know is what I've been told from my mother, and those few times that my grandfather was in the mood to talk in his own obfuscated ways about what had occurred.
I noticed Temujin had posted a photograph of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, in and around the time my grandfather was enlisted.
Please help, I'm new to this and I don't have much time!
My grandfather, John Louis Corbin, was a quiet man when it came to his war service. He suffered from depression and details about his actions were difficult to extract. He died at 93 in September of 2018. My mother found an old war journal he kept, and unfortunately lost it; driving away with the journal on the roof of her vehicle.
I remember he spoke once about walking through French towns single file and coming under fire multiple times, and his service times lines up with the D-Day operations. (enlisted some time in 1943, medically discharged December, 1944)
I have an opportunity to participate in the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landing in Normandy, France, and I don't have a lot of time to prepare (9 days)
I'm looking for a bit of guidance: Where should I go for my best chance on a bit of research. My application to participate in the anniversary must include that I have an immediate family member who was present for the D-Day Landings. All I know is what I've been told from my mother, and those few times that my grandfather was in the mood to talk in his own obfuscated ways about what had occurred.
I noticed Temujin had posted a photograph of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, in and around the time my grandfather was enlisted.
Please help, I'm new to this and I don't have much time!