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… "Well, I don't remember too much about the War at all. It was fast and furious … I was in England and I was there for four years and I drove over one hundred and forty thousand miles in England alone. I was in the … you spent half and hour or so looking at it different things would come such as convoys, the train stations and so on. You would mark that …
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… General My Hungarian father and German mother and I arrived on what we later referred to as "that floating walnut shell," after a … three people on board who weren’t seasick — my mother, the pastor and one of the crewmembers. Even the captain took ill on this horrendous … Monica Forberger …
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… where we were settled into a temporary housing development for the few days we had to spend there before embarking. The day finally arrived … sick immediately. I spent the whole over-sea voyage in my bunk bed. At one point an order came on the loudspeaker that EVERYBODY had to go to … to the authorities that if they wanted me out there, they had better come and CARRY ME OUT! I could not eat – only drink. Luckily on the …
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… He immigrated to Canada in June, 1930 with his parents, Andrew and Anna Maksymchuk , who had changed the date of his birth on his … and other structures to keep men and equpment moving across Europe. One day Thomas was ordered to appear before his Commanding Officer who … from active duty and sent home or becoming a Canadian and fighting on. Thomas chose the latter and within a short period of time became a …
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A grade 3 class is enjoying one of the Museum’s temporary exhibitions called Kids Celebrate! They are in their school uniforms. The exhibition focuses on 12 special times of the year. From Christmas to Diwali to Carnival, each is a day or a period of time celebrated by kids and families in Canada. …
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… Gordon B. Allen, born in February 1925 in Port Elgin, New Brunswick, … wartime military service in March 1941 at the age of sixteen years and one month. He served for four and one-half years until November 1945. … 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. In September 1941, Gordon boarded the Louis Pasteur at Pier 21 bound for Scotland. After crossing the …
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… formed the company advance guard with the task of seizing a road block one hundred yards beyond the track. As his force crossed the track it … The following is a quote from a speech Don gave on Remembrance Day 2009: “It was September 1941 when I enlisted in the Canadian Army …
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… that, so this is going to be our new home. But have no idea what’s to come and where are we going. So those things we don’t know. So we—And … of thousands of people who left Laos after the country came under communist control in 1975. Chai and his parents and brothers fled to … two years. In 1980, the family was sponsored by the Mennonite Central Committee to immigrate to Drake, Saskatchewan. Members of the Drake …
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… Maria Zampini returned to the site of her arrival in Canada, 61 years later. Tony Antonitti had already planned his trip to the Museum, part of a … to go through all the stories and the archives, if we could find any, of our parents.” An unexpected discovery Then, a few weeks before … “When Mom saw the picture, it was very emotional” …
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… Maria Zampini returned to the site of her arrival in Canada, 61 years later. Tony Antonitti had already planned his trip to the Museum, part of a … to go through all the stories and the archives, if we could find any, of our parents.” An unexpected discovery Then, a few weeks before … “When Mom saw the picture, it was very emotional” …