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… when the troops were being gathered in Lincolnshire in preparation for D-Day. My cousin, Joan Chudley, said there were men everywhere - sleeping in barns, beside roads and so on. She said on D-Day, early in the morning, the bombers took to the air. When each one …
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… years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, American and Soviet occupation, and flight to the West. Like all German … (based on mini-diary and memory) Sun 4 Nov 1951: Hopefully the last day at this crowded (8,000 people!) refugee camp where I don't know a … the mess I'm one of the few taking the job. Across the North Sea all day, by evening the Dover Cliffs are visible; through the Channel …
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… MY IMMIGRATION STORY April 27, 1959 was the day I arrived in Halifax, Canada along with my mother Maria and sister … economic constraints. We left Venice on a clear, sunny and warm spring day. My godmother, one of my mother’s best friends, accompanied us to … reach us on deck. Next stop was Lisbon where we docked for the entire day, left the ship and did a small tour of the city. I marvelled at the …
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… March 29, 1953 were all of these things and more. Fifty years to the day of their arrival at Pier 21 the three surviving members of that … was a young structural engineer that had been sponsored by Avro to come to Canada and work on the Avro Arrow project. When asked about … know a debit from a credit." He learned fast enough when, on his first day, they handed him a box with one hundred thousand dollars in it and …
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… After, what seemed, a lengthy discussion, my mother decided to flip a coin. Heads - Australia, Tails - Canada. It came up "tails". Canada it … saying goodbye to relatives and friends, etc. We spent our final day in Middlesbrough with our sister Iris and her family. Iris, the … place to live. But, right now, it was still Alberta. Alberta, here we come! At Pier 21, we had to wait to be interviewed by the Immigration …
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… Charles Elliott Brown Service # F67753 Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps June 1940 to July 1945 To my Mother, Diane … of June 5th 1944 he set sail for Normandy, France to take part in the D-Day invasion. Because of problems with their landing craft, he wasn't able land on the beach until the following day, June 7th, this may have been bad luck or divine intervention, I …
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… about how Christmas happened at my home, and my childhood memories. I come from Burundi, a small country in Central Africa. Christmas is the … most important time of year. Some people celebrate the end of year holidays with their family; others organize large gatherings, either for … Christmas with my two children, husband, and friends. On Christmas day, we always try to Skype with family back in Burundi. Here at The …
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… and Halifax was fairly isolated from habitation. See photo. VE Day in Halifax, like many cities and towns throughout Canada, saw the … was at the Ammunition Depot, which had been previously closed for the day, was directed by the Senior Naval Officer in Halifax, to bring a …
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… Being Selected to Come to Canada - Madan Kumar Giri …