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Jack-ya, I remember his mother moved away right after she got word that he died Parkie-say Jack before you went out west did you ever meet the sister of the Anglican minister here Jack-no Parkie-She was a church worker, in china when the Japanese invaded. Real nice girl, real quiet. Jack-no...

Something new. Us old guy’s sit and talk with ourselves quite a bit, So we want to include you in the coversation, we’ll give it a try. Maybe you’ll enjoy it. Parkie-I see the boy’s talking about mortar attacks, man, I use to hate those dam things, specially when they brought out that bloody...

I was reading a note from another fellow about an old army truck in military history, and into my old mind popped something that had been buried for years, In the fall of 1943,we were on the march and we had received a couple of days leave, Joe was still with me then, and we went to see the...

Hello hunter Thanks for taking my stories and reading them to your grandpa, He will enjoy these, because being a soldier is all us old vets are, for a lot of us it’s what we hold onto to keep us young, or at least to feel like we’re young, it’s funny that us old guy’s, share these stories with...

This piece has taken me three days to write. It was the first time I engaged in hand to hand with an enemy soldier, It changed me forever, it showed me how primitive man was, and when they say kill or be killed, they mean kill! No bloody question! We had been forcing an attack on a ravine near...

Oh.sure! The dam highlanders get the strip bars.And they take me past the library. :boring:

On the march, we had been on the haul for a couple of days on the Arcona road, we had been strafed twice, The Germans would come in and hit and run, never staying long, just come in and buzz us, hit the odd truck, and maybe the odd guy, had my first run in with the Ghurkha’s on that road, we had...

Parkie here I took a little break from the writing for a while, I apologise, To those who enjoy the story, I just don’t want to get my mind into a bind like I did before, so that said, let’s continue. Geez! This is cold, I’m so dam cold I can’t warm-up, I can remember lots of the guy’s saying...

The old vet here! It’s nice that you young protestor types can have your say, Don’t you think? I know I think it’s nice; after all, I paid for it, Thousands of my friends too! Your views are nothing new, they were around when I went to war, many here felt there was a peaceful solution to the...

I hope it helped some,I can only pass on what the pioneers did from my experiences with ours,but I'm sure it was much the same all over,And yes they did lots of menial tasks,Digging latrine's and such,But those of us over there didn't consider it menial,You do your business along the road long...

This is heartwarming to know that someone is  acknowledging their sacrifice, The last time my son took me to our local cemetery to lay flowers on my wife's grave, I took a walk around to visit the last resting place of  some of the boy's I went to war with,I noticed a number of them,of the ones...

Good letter granny,very good.If we all stick to this with the resolve that brought us together in the first place,We'll do it! My old friends phoned a little while ago,one has his letter ready to send off to Prime minister Harper,the other is working on his,Their all fired up about it,apparently...

Mine is sent,to my MP.And my two old friends from the war are sending theirs off as  I write this.We are contacting anyone still alive in our ranks to join in!               parkie

I can remember when the boy’s were coming home from Dunkirk, you could hear the roar from the battle across the channel, The way things were with them trying to get the guy’s back, Those of us on coast watch weren’t really sure what was going on, you just knew whatever it was, it was big, Allied...

I like this,a lot! We know they have been watching these pages pretty closely,Just by what's been showing up in the general media, So here it is,lets see all the canadians who are so hopping mad, come out and support our fallen! Come On Canada,I gave You seven Years of my life,Come out and hold...

it's not that I don't think you deserve to know or anything like that,because you most certainly do,It's was just out of respect for your grandfather,If I had looked a little closer,I would have seen that your grandpa passed away,I say farewell to a fellow soldier.When your grandpa held...

Exactly right Michael,it actually was a very dangerous job.They had a hell of a time at the Hitler Line,They were trying to clear a road for the tanks to support us.You've got to have a pretty good constitution to try digging out a charge,with lead flying at you.it's not exactly like you can...

Sorry lad can't help with the Regina rifles,our pioneer platoon(engineers)cleared mines ,built bridges.generally anything the enemy put up to try and impede the infantry,if they could they would remove it or destroy it.Not a great job.if you can imagine trying to remove a mine while under some...

I thank you for this,kirkhill,of all the posts,this one brings a tear to my eye,it is not the fault of the younger,they know not how it feels to be lying next to death on the field and see even the smallest glimmer of canada,even an arm patch,can bring you back from deaths doorstep.It means...