• CFPU: CINE Personnel
    • Remembering ‘Stormin’ Norman (Norman C. Quick, CSC; 1921-2013)
    • Chuck Ross: Combat Cameraman
    • Brian O’Regan: “Liberator of Dieppe” By James O’Regan
    • In Remembrance: Sgt. Lloyd Millon
    • Andrew Graham “Cam” Campbell
    • My photographer friend was a WW II hero by By JEFF MAGUIRE
  • CFPU: Stills Photographers
    • Meet Sgt. Karen Hermeston.
    • Paul J. Tomelin – 1925-2016
    • W/O Frank Hall RCAF: Canadian Medical Photographer
  • Drivers
    • David Norman King – CFPU Driver
    • Private Lewis Luke Currie was my Grandfather
  • Production Staff
    • The women of the CFPU.
    • Michael D. Spencer – November 9, 1919 – April 20, 2016
  • Newsreels
    • The Canadian Army Newsreel: On the Home Screens
    • War Amps releases Newsreels By Peter Dudley
    • Framing the Past through the lens of the Present By Gillian Evans
  • Books
    • War Through the Lens by Dan Conlin
    • The Accidental Birdwatcher – Book Review
    • Inspired by the CFPU by Josha Sietsma
  • Contact
  • Links
    • The War Amps
    • Combat Camera
    • Legion Magazine
    • Canadian Geographic

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CFPU and the Dieppe Raid : “not important enough”

August 1, 2021
History/Posts

As we near the 79th anniversary this year of the Dieppe Raid (August 19th, 1942), I wanted to post an update to

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D-Day – JUNE 6, 2021

June 6, 2021
D Day/History/Posts

I thought of marking the anniversary of the D-Day Landing in Normandy, on June 6th, 1944, by revisiting some of the posts

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“Deal with the Devil” by Ben Moogk & Glenn Warner

May 30, 2021
*Ben Moogk*/*Glenn Warner*/History/Posts

One of the most dramatic events in Canada’s history is the Achterveld Conference. Famous and infamous men bargained over the lives of

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“Ortona Christmas” by Ben Moogk

March 29, 2021
*Ben Moogk*/Guest Articles/Posts

The Ortona Christmas dinner is a significant event in the history of the Canadian regiments who fought in Ortona in December 1943

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Valour in Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives by Ben Moogk

February 16, 2021
*Ben Moogk*/Guest Articles/Posts

“Photographer: Lieut.D.I.Grant – Roll 84 and 85 – 19 Aug 44 Location: St.Lambert sur Dives Story: “B” Coy Argyll Sutherlands have a

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Alicia Chambers – RCAF – Leading Aircraft Woman

January 1, 2021
Biographies/Posts

Phone conversation originally recorded, March 8th, 2013. Edited by Dale Gervais, January 1, 2021. Alicia Chambers : I was born in Lethbridge,

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‘Sjoerd de Vrij – The Fire of Freedom’

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Inspired by the CFPU by Josha Sietsma

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In Search of D-Day

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  • CFPU: CINE Personnel
    • Remembering ‘Stormin’ Norman (Norman C. Quick, CSC; 1921-2013)
    • Chuck Ross: Combat Cameraman
    • Brian O’Regan: “Liberator of Dieppe” By James O’Regan
    • In Remembrance: Sgt. Lloyd Millon
    • Andrew Graham “Cam” Campbell
    • My photographer friend was a WW II hero by By JEFF MAGUIRE
  • CFPU: Stills Photographers
    • Meet Sgt. Karen Hermeston.
    • Paul J. Tomelin – 1925-2016
    • W/O Frank Hall RCAF: Canadian Medical Photographer
  • Drivers
    • David Norman King – CFPU Driver
    • Private Lewis Luke Currie was my Grandfather
  • Production Staff
    • The women of the CFPU.
    • Michael D. Spencer – November 9, 1919 – April 20, 2016
  • Newsreels
    • The Canadian Army Newsreel: On the Home Screens
    • War Amps releases Newsreels By Peter Dudley
    • Framing the Past through the lens of the Present By Gillian Evans
  • Books
    • War Through the Lens by Dan Conlin
    • The Accidental Birdwatcher – Book Review
    • Inspired by the CFPU by Josha Sietsma
  • Contact
  • Links
    • The War Amps
    • Combat Camera
    • Legion Magazine
    • Canadian Geographic
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