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Originally Posted by chris vowles
Hi Alex
And a big thank you.
The lad as you say, is still with us age 89.
Was stationed in the Littlehampton area of West Sussex, England and come from the Winnipeg area.
Going to be in a book a friend and I are writting about the Canadians in West Sussex during WW2.
Would love to here from anyone with any info on Canadians, men and units etc.
Best wishes
Chris
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Chris..
Treasure that old lad..he was a young'un once and a hero ..(Still is)
Rush out and get him George Blackburns books..
George was Royal Canadian Artillery Forward Observation Officer..(a FOO).
He wrote of his experiences and survived the war..he lived down the street from me and I spent Nov.11 with George visiting George in hospital where he was suffering from a stroke..two years ago..He passed away a few months later but he was a hell of a guy ..
I have fond memorys of our time together.
Here are his books..
A must read for any military enthusiast..
George C. Blackburn, M.C., was born in 1917 in a farmhouse near the village of Wales, which disappeared under the waters of the St. Lawrence Seaway. He has been a newspaper reporter, Director of Information of the Federal Labour Department, and Director of Fair Employment Practices. In addition he has been a radio producer, an award-winning documentary scriptwriter, an award-winning playwright, and a lyricist and composer. His musical “A Day to Remember” was housed in a theatre built specially for the purpose in Upper Canada Village. He and Grace, his wife of fifty-seven years, have three children, four grandchildren, and two...
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Where the Hell Are the Guns?
Written by George Blackburn
Trade Paperback | 456 pages | McClelland & Stewart | History - Military - Other; History - Military - World War II
978-0-7710-1506-9 (0-7710-1506-2)
April 10, 1999 | $24.99
In Where the Hell Are the Guns?, author George Blackburn returns to the early years of the Second World War. This volume – which completes Blackburn’s award-winning trilogy, extending its coverage to the entire war – brings wartime Canada and England to life in captivating, often comic, detail. With the skill...
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The Guns of Victory
Written by George Blackburn
Trade Paperback | 520 pages | McClelland & Stewart | History - Military - Other
978-0-7710-1505-2 (0-7710-1505-4)
October 18, 1997 | $29.99
For the Canadian Soldiers who lived through the momentous battle for Normandy in the summer of 1944, it was inconceivable that the conflict in Europe could continue for another eight long months. The war was won, they thought, and to win it they had been pushed to what seemed like the...
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The Guns of Normandy
Written by George Blackburn
Trade Paperback | 536 pages | McClelland & Stewart | History - Military - Other; History - Military - World War II
978-0-7710-1503-8 (0-7710-1503-8)
April 26, 1997 | $29.99
In the weeks after D-Day, the level of artillery action in Normandy was unprecedented. In what was a relatively small area, both sides bombarded each other relentlessly for three months, each trying to overwhelm the other by sheer fire power.
The Guns of Normandy puts the reader in the front lines of...
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