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… HALIFAX HARBOUR, JUNE 1940 Minesweepers, accompanied by destroyers bristling with guns, were getting … know where, don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day." A song shared by both Gracie and Vera Lynn. The silence on the … Corporal Bill Pineo …
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… Stories in Dutch On 15 April 1953, after two hours of sleep, we were called up to begin the voyage. Right on schedule, the Roetje … in advance, it is still a parting, and in time, to part is also to die a little. It is only then that you feel the loss of the loved ones …
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… Lynn Smith MUNROE, ELMO HUGH April 10, 1921 - Oct. 22, 2008 WWII RCAF - PFF 405 SQUADRON As a young girl I was captivated by the … with an incredible memory. When Dad talked about the "old days" we were transported to other times and places through his detailed and …
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… I did. I liked Marx and I liked Hegel. But I wasn't a member of the Communist Party. And most of the people, I know—I remember, there were also, were not members of the Communist Party. We were called, "Communists, traitors. How could you do this to your country? You know, …
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… So it was for our Mid-European Jewish family in nineteenth and twentieth century Hungary and Czechoslovakia. The lives of our parents … the Czechoslovak Republic, whose birthday happened be on the very same day. Following the Munich Pact between British Prime Minister Neville …
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… Second World War was a difficult time for many, and for young "inlanders" like me there was the added frustration of not knowing what the … being fought. But there I was, 21 years of age, and finally I had the chance to get my sea legs. It was just before Christmas, 1950, when my immigration formalities were complete and I could leave Europe to start my new life in Canada. …
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… Our trip commenced on the afternoon on a pleasant spring day March 2nd,1954. We were transported from our home in Trevignano by a horse driven cart …
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… Lengacher, April 2016 I was born September 6, 1920, in Waterland-Oudeman situated in Oost-Vlanderan, Belgium to the proud parents of Rene … My father was the Mayor of the town and owned the local brewery which supplied beer to all the neighbouring restaurants and …
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… and social organisations including unions, student groups, and community associations. [3] Some Chilean exiles came to Canada fleeing … was very empty. All the streets were empty. And I remember was two soldiers in the top of a bridge I used to, but it never come into my mind … over the years. “They tell you everything is perfect there. They idealize the country,” she says. “They idealize everything is better. …
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… in Bolivia. It is a developing country with many challenges to overcome. Often people did not agree with the decisions of the government … generation we have to pay the price, but this price is cheap in comparison to all the great things that we receive every day in Canada. …