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  1. On the Range

    On the Range

    Canadian troops take part in alive firing exercise at Manjaca Range in Bosnia & Herzegovina
  2. LIVE firing!

    LIVE firing!

    What happens when you leave a stave in the barrel and then have a fire mission!
  3. Juno Beach

    Juno Beach

    LCT full of troops ready to take Juno beach
  4. Bound for Juno Beach

    Bound for Juno Beach

    HMCS LCI(L)-276, HMCS LCI(L)-118 and HMCS LCI(L)-135 at Portsmouth, England, 5 June 1944, loaded with Canadian troops waiting to cross the channel to the Normandy invasion beaches
  5. Lieutenant Colonel Mathieu

    Lieutenant Colonel Mathieu

    Lieutenant Colonel Mathieu of Le Regiment de la Chaudiere, photographed in England prior to D-Day. He wears ribbons for the Coronation Medal and the Efficiency Decoration indicating 20 years service in the Militia. Note the maroon coloured lanyard also.
  6. Sherman tank of the Fourth Canadian Armoured Division

    Sherman tank of the Fourth Canadian Armoured Division

    "Clanky," a Sherman tank of the Fourth Canadian Armoured Division, photographed in Normandy on 28 July 1944. Trooper Gordon Holstrom, Corporal John Lardner, and Trooper Dick Mitchell have a conversation for the camera man. Note the thick dust on the tank's tracks and the boots of the...
  7. Canadian Armed Forces / Canadian Forces

    Canadian Armed Forces / Canadian Forces

    This is the modern Canadian Armed Forces / Canadian Forces insignia
  8. D-day...Juno beach

    D-day...Juno beach

    Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Orville Norman Fisher joined the army in 1940 as a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers. Following transfer to the Historical Section of the army in Ottawa, Fisher became an official War Artist. While overseas he took part in the invasion of Normandy. Upon...
  9. The Hitler Line

    The Hitler Line

    Charles Comfort (1900-1994) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and moved to Winnipeg in 1912. In 1939, while on staff at the University of Toronto, he was a cadet officer with the University Officers Training Corps. In 1943 he was appointed Senior Official War Artist. Once overseas, he was sent to...
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