War correspondent Bill Kinmond of the Toronto Daily Star, who is recuperating in hospital after his release from captivity, reads the front page of the Star's issue reporting his capture, Watford, England, 20 April 1945.
1900 At Wolve Spruit, near Standarton in South Africa, Sergeant A.H.L. Richardson of the Strathcona's Horse spotted a wounded Canadian trooper whose horse had been shot, and rode through heavy crossfire to within 300 metres of the enemy in order to rescue his comrade. For his actions Sergeant Richardson earned the Victoria Cross.
