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[RCNVR and Comb. Ops in ALC 428 at Arzeu, North Africa*]
Many Canadian men enlisted or volunteered to serve in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR or the Wavy Navy) during World War II. Some also volunteered for special duties overseas in Combined Operations, which often included manning landing craft or barges during numerous dangerous raids (e.g., Dieppe) and the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy, France.
Veterans' WW2 stories, photographs, memoirs, books and various details concerning Combined Ops activities will be displayed here.
Your related submissions are most welcome.
If your father, grandfather, other relative, friend or acquaintance was a member of RCNVR and/or Combined Operations please don't hesitate to send along details concerning his training days, trip overseas, where he served, his stories about active duty during WW2, letters home, and related photographs, etc., to this website. I will attempt to display all pertinent information in an organized fashion, with links to similar materials on this website or elsewhere.
Email: gordh7700@gmail.com or leave a comment with your email address in the 'comment section' at the bottom of this post or any other. I check for comments on a fairly regular basis, and will attempt to respond and answer any or all questions promptly.
* ALC 428 is manned by Canadians assisting with the landing of American troops, ammunition and supplies during Operation Torch, November, 1942. The Canadian sailor just left of the heavily-laden American freshly disembarked is my father, Doug Harrison, from Norwich Ontario (Sept. 6, 1920 - Feb. 6, 2003.
Your related submissions are most welcome.
If your father, grandfather, other relative, friend or acquaintance was a member of RCNVR and/or Combined Operations please don't hesitate to send along details concerning his training days, trip overseas, where he served, his stories about active duty during WW2, letters home, and related photographs, etc., to this website. I will attempt to display all pertinent information in an organized fashion, with links to similar materials on this website or elsewhere.
Email: gordh7700@gmail.com or leave a comment with your email address in the 'comment section' at the bottom of this post or any other. I check for comments on a fairly regular basis, and will attempt to respond and answer any or all questions promptly.
* ALC 428 is manned by Canadians assisting with the landing of American troops, ammunition and supplies during Operation Torch, November, 1942. The Canadian sailor just left of the heavily-laden American freshly disembarked is my father, Doug Harrison, from Norwich Ontario (Sept. 6, 1920 - Feb. 6, 2003.
Photo Credit - Imperial War Museum, UK
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