Brian O’Regan was born at the Grace Hospital in 1924, one of ten children of Kitty and Tot O’Regan. Tot was a magician, vaudevillian and safecracker – part of that sense of showmanship manifested itself in Brian. Brian landed with the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit at Normandy, June 6 1944 and was instrumental in delivering to the world its first moving pictures of the Invasion. As the first Canadian soldier across the Dieppe city limits, one could claim that he liberated that city. A photo featuring Brian and two Russian soldiers at the Elbe River Link Up ran … Continue reading Brian O’Regan: “Liberator of Dieppe” By James O’Regan