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The Black Sheep pose on the wings of Corsair #17740 in its revetment at Vella Lavella, Dec. 27th, 1943. The St. Louis Cardinals had issued them one team cap. http://www.donhollway.com/blacksheep/ Marine Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, Commanding Officer of VMF-214 the “Black Sheep”...

J.A.D. McCurdy’s “Drome No. 4, Silver Dart,” First CDN Take-Off & Flights During Feb., 1909. http://wp.me/p55eja-ED Aerial Experiment Associations H.Q., at G. H. Curtiss Mfg., Co., Hammondsport, N.Y., ended December 1908, relocated to “Beinn Bhreagh,” in Victoria County, Nova Scotia. The...

Hi: S.V.P. owing the comprehensive study paper, in maintaining Prof. Alec Bell’s high standards of principle, contains over 35,000 words, separating historian folklore from facts, divided into timeline chapters. Please note, instead of the DHH narrative persuading the Canadian government and...

Thank you for the info provided its appreciated. THK U FR YR TME. Joseph

Hi: Never knew, first I heard, tried the above link?? Ok figured it out see the page now. THKs for the heads-up Only states: In October 1880, she was lent to the Canadian government as a training ship, until returned by Canada in 1882. She was sold at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1884 for breaking...

Hi, be nice [:D , you can first start stick poking infantry, and work through every branch of CF, per say what's up with those British subs we bought many moons ago?

Hi, I’m aware BD-1B biplane, didn’t know Pro. Bell’s Drome No. 4 Silver Dart was also on display at the RCAF Museum. Prof. A.G. Bell To Trustee:—The tools and apparatus at Beinn Bhreagh, including the aerodrome “Silver-Dart”, the aerodrome “Cygnet II” and the hydroplane boat “Query” will...

Hi, while google searches have stumbled a score of times and never opened the page until today, however found the header and sub-title quite amusing. The first direct attempt to interest Canada's military men in aircraft had been a dismal failure. In August 1909 Baldwin and J.A.D. McCurdy had...

I never liked his commercial music, however one heck of a guitar player, as I personally found out in mid summer 2011. I was invited, with an all access pass for one night at the Montreal Jazz Festival, entered The Metropolis around midnight and surprised it was Prince and his band playing...

In Conversation with Don White: Second World War Veteran The Royal Canadian Dragoons Cpl Shane Mitchell interviews Mr. Don White, Second World War Veteran and former Royal Canadian Dragoon (RCD) who was involved in the Liberation of the Dutch town of Leeuwarden in April of 1945...

F.A.Q. 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Ridgeway. What is this? A three-part event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Ridgeway. When is this? Saturday, June 4th, 2016 from noon - 6:30 p.m. Where is this? There are three components at three different locations: • Parade...

I believe by this point you had four failed Governments, and the mess with Bas Canada, could be of some contributing factor and a lesson on what happens when a state etc are unstable. Hi Old Sweat, it’s appreciated you lighting the lantern, on "egregious actions," therefore accounts with...

S.V.P. I’m just adding my opinion: Second Contingent CEF 42 Inf. BATT., was not the Black Watch or any connection to 5th Regt RHC in those times, raised in “4th Divisional Area,” not forgetting the “legal Attested” matter; the lines indicated in Expeditionary Force War Establishments, 1914 (pp...

13th and 42nd mainly wore kilts, some officers wore trousers, and other personal of the Battalions during the war, the fighting force even in winter wore kilts. A/Major Charles Blair Wilson MID 'B' Company 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders Of Canada CEF...

Hi thank's for that, when I get my feet wet in this matter, any confusion will post and ask, need too look over the below listed: W.C. Chewett & Company, The Fenian Raid Into Canada (Fenian Raid at Fort Erie) compilation of newspaper articles on the Fenian raids, published August 1866...

Hi thanks, appreciate the guidance, (I am one of the speakers), giving a lecture? After delivered can you post? Cheers Joseph

Hi, my pleasure, found while compiling on Cdn Cadet Corps, inserted a series from the olden days using only archived documents of the day. Thanks for the heads-up and certainly not aware, “Fort Erie,” or for that matter, unfortunately just aware of 30% of the recycled status quo accounts. I have...

P.S. Sorry to Blackadder didn't notice your links and have LAC's pic on file. That's CEF 42nd BATT., see shoulder patch. See helmet etc. Oct. 1918: Personnel of the 42nd Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada) moving up to the attack on Cambrai in the early morning. The soldier third...

For the hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Fenian Raids, 1866, I posted on my blog a prime source account of the day. The Queen’s Own Rifles, University Company Suffered The Most During The Fenian Raids. Ottawa June 6th 1866 My dear Father, You no doubt have heard before this of the...

Hi, thank you kindly, appreciated, however fallowed Blackadder’s post, found the PDF, etc, fast, with all the Foreman grill cloture got peckish. While eating google search, noticed Maj. Basil G...Foreman in small print from GMIC, stumbling on your old post. Quickly looked for a “picture,”...