My dad was an electrician in the RCAF during the Second World War. The finial unit that he was posted to was the No. 6 REMU in Moncton NB, between 16 Feb and 1 July 1945. My question is what is an REMU? Before this he was with the No. 21 Repair Depot also in Moncton.
There is a new article by Adam Day on the Legion Magazine web site with videos.
http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2011/01/assignment-afghanistan-go-down-nightmare/
Canadian fatality rate in Afghanistan drops
By Matthew Fisher, Postmedia News September 30, 2010
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Canadian+fatality+rate+Afghanistan+drops/3603622/story.html
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — While NATO has already suffered its worst year for deaths in Afghanistan...
No life like it: Taliban just one of the perils faced by infantry
Matthew Fisher, Postmedia News • Monday, Aug. 2, 2010
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/life+like+Taliban+just+perils+faced+infantry/3350984/story.html
SPERWAN GHAR Afghanistan — Pte. Blair Kearley was in a dither.
The...
Children, aged 5, used to plant Taliban bombs in Afghanistan
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100702-0000078/Children,-aged-5,-used-to-plant-Taliban-bombs-in-Afghanistan
05:55 AM Jul 02, 2010
SANGIN - Children as young as five are being used by the Taliban to lay bombs and carry weapons in...
Taliban commander in Kandahar dead: NATO
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Taliban+commander+Kandahar+dead+NATO/3112151/story.html
KABUL - NATO said Friday that troops had killed the Taliban's top commander for Kandahar city during a gunbattle with insurgents armed with machine-guns and...
Armadillo: the Afghanistan war documentary that shocked Denmark
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jun/03/armadillo-danish-documentary-afghanistan
In Denmark, the press and public have been stunned by Armadillo, Janus Metz's documentary about a UK-Danish base in Afghanistan, and the actions of...
I have being doing some research into my ancestors lately. Today I was in St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec where part of my family comes from. On the drive back home I stopped at the Battlefield of Chateauguay National Historic Site. In the museum there is a display listing all of the names of...
Canadian soldier killed by roadside bomb
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090308/afghanistan_canadian_090308/20090308?hub=TopStories
Updated Sun. Mar. 8 2009 4:21 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A Canadian soldier has been killed and four injured when a roadside bomb exploded near...
There is a report on CBC about the aid projects run by former foreign affairs minister Flora MacDonald in Afghanistan.
http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2008/10/101908_1.html
I was browsing the Chapters site and I found another new book about the Canadians in Afghanistan called “Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, The Taliban and the Battle that Saved Afghanistan” by Chris Wattie.
Dose anyone know any other details about this one...
Exclusive: Al Qaeda No. 2 Injured?
Unverified Letter Obtained By CBS News Urgently Requests Doctor To Treat Ayman al Zawahiri
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/01/eveningnews/main4316193.shtml
(CBS) Ayman al Zawahiri - the second most powerful leader in al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden's No...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080727/korean_war_080727/20080727?hub=Canada
Updated Sun. Jul. 27 2008 8:20 AM ET
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- Veterans of the Korean War are hoping the better part of history repeats itself for Canadian soldiers currently in Afghanistan.
As...
There is a new article up on Legion Magazine called “Assignment Afghanistan: Operation Ateesh Bazi”
http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/07/assignment-afghanistan-operation-ateesh-bazi/#more-994
Harper’s Government seems to be set on self-destruct mode.
Harper's staff makes major gaffe on Afghanistan
Updated Thu. May. 29 2008 7:20 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Reporters travelling with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his European tour were wrongly told Thursday that Italy was removing...
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