Canadian Troops In The Aleutians
Funny thing, I had started writing and writing about the Canadian Military’s role in the Aleutian Islands Campaign in WW2 and the post just kept on going and going. For my taste, it was too long for one blog post so I decided I needed to break it up so that each division: Royal Canadian […]
An Attu Veteran- Bill Jones
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In The Words Of An Airman
My Papa was an impeccable record keeper, which is why, I suppose, my mother, his daughter, inherited that same quality. Her printing is like perfection, as so was his, even in the midst of war in the Aleutian Islands. When he died he left behind some wonderful things, items that would teach us something about […]
Letters Home From An Aleutian Soldier
Shorty& Alice http://aliceandshorty.tumblr.com/ In the midst of my research about the war I delightfully came across this fascinating blog worth taking a look at. The granddaughter of Raymond Jones “Shorty” Gowen of the 30th Coastal Artillery in the Aleutian Islands, 1942-45, shares the personal letters written by a love bitten and homesick soldier, her grandfather, […]
Planes, Boats & Automobiles
Many would say that I have been around, meaning, lived a lot of different places. I guess it depends what your definition of ‘a lot’ is. I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a city of 600,000 in the center of Canada (above North Dakota and yes, it is C-O-L-D in the winter). In my late […]
War Is REAL And Never Insignificant
It’s true, there was actually a war fought right here on North American soil . The Japanese did bomb the continent. Lives were lost, many lives were lost, maybe not as many as in Germany but tell that to the family of a loved on who was fighting in Alaska in WW2. War is war. […]
Geography 101- The Aleutian Islands
I just had to start with this post because after speaking about this to several people recently I realized that most people do not even know where the Aleutian Islands are. The most common response I have gotten is- ‘somewhere south, somewhere tropical’. Umm yea, not so much, let’s try the complete opposite direction. Look […]