April 9, 1917, 4 Canadian divisions fought together for the first time and took the heavily fortified, strategic ridge at the cost of 3600 killed, 7400 wounded.
Juno Beach (Canadian Landing Beach, June 6, 1944, D-Day)
Normandy, France
This house was liberated at first light on D-Day (June 6th, 1944) by the men of Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. The house overlooked part of Juno Beach where 100+ Canadian troops were killed or wounded.
Canadian WWII Cemetery, Normandy, France
4 comments:
great post bulldog...great pics too! i can only catch Grapes via the internet..but in case you guys missed it..watch coaches corner..here is the link
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeynightincanada/coachscorner/
Grapes and Terry Fox make me proud to be Canadian...along with our troops past and present
great pics bulldog! ..
by the way, in case you missed it..check out coaches corner..have to love Grapes...
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeynightincanada/coachscorner/
Thanks for these amazing pictures. We need to remember to not forget...indeed! Thanks again...quite touching actually!
Great post Bulldog...great pics and a great way to remember.
I was at the Canucks game last night, Nov 12th, and they took a moment for our own...I thought it was great considering it was the day after...lest we only remember one day a year.
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