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1. Letter from Henderson, Kenneth Francis

   June 5, 1944 It’s the real thing this time darling. We are on our way in now. We have started ... Coast and the fleet was on its way in. All the time that we were sweeping we had an air escort along, ... flames at different times. One Spitfire came right down over us, and he was on fire. He crashed in the ...

   Editor - Oct 9 2022 - 3:41pm

2. Letter from Nelson, Alfred Fern

   watches sell for five bucks. Army WWII Europe Great Britain Letter from soldier 1943 June 12th Nelson, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:11am

3. Letter from Humewood School

   of the snow when I was going! I am on my fire watch duty now from 3-6 A.M. and it is nearly over, so ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06pm

4. Letter from Jones, John

   write to you as I land on the other side you watch the province you will see when we land well Jane back ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

5. Letter from Cobourg World

   in which men stand watching for the enemy over a pile of sand bags. As a matter of fact in going ... 'Stand to' the Germans are attacking,' and every man hurried out of his dug-out, For some time ... Ted had been lurking four days on watch. As the four of us stood around the shallow grave, with the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:48pm

6. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   longer than 3 weeks at a time though. Met a lot of V.A.Ds and sisters there that I knew including Marion ... as I want to do some shopping. I heard when I was in London at the Emigration Office that officers ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

7. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   had recurrences of it several times and about a dozen different kinds of treatments. They all seemed ... she didn't waste much time. I knew about it months ago but I didn't want to tell you till ... I knew for sure. I was going to sell the ring, but decided to hang on to it for the time being at least. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:22pm

8. Letter from Ellis, Hadden William

   has triumphantly entered Heaven where Christ dwells who gave his life for us. I believe his time had ... 22. Sunday afternoon he said he had an easy time but his time was coming. I expect he was in Gen. ... fragrant are, if sky and wind were always fair The sailor would not watch the star, And David's Psalms ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 6:05am

9. Letter from Smith, Arthur Calvin

   it at the same time. I have received the letter you wrote on May 13th also. So I think I get all the ... you sent I will have a fine time on it. I saw about twenty of the Dunnville boys to-day, besides ... getting good wages now I suppose. I got the chinplaster (shinplaster- a 25 cent note) all right some time ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:24pm

10. Letter from Darrach, Lee Grant

    hope Teddy is alright by this time. Well, you can see by this letter they are still keeping me on the ... know us. They have folks in Cornwall and Nine Mile Creek, so we had a good time. They came over here on ... the watch back you sent me? Well, I do not know what to think of this war. It looks kind of bad now on ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm