Stalingrad Survives, an Eagle Dies, and U-Boats Sink
News Reports from The Winnipeg Tribune, August 12 - 14, 1942
[Photo: My father, Doug Harrison (left) missed Dieppe by one day due to a short
leave at Calshot Castle adjacent to The Solent near Southampton, where ships and
landing crafts assembled. Buryl McIntyre participated in the August 19 raid and a
London Free Press article (Feb. 1944) reports he distinguished himself admirably.
The two men were longtime school mates and friends from Norwich, Ontario, and
volunteered for RCNVR and Combined Operations at the same time, June 1941.]
Remembrance Day in Norwich. Date unknown. Doug Harrison, right.
Introduction:
News clippings photos, ads, etc. are assembled below from a Canadian newspaper published only one week before the Dieppe Raid. Hopefully they will provide readers with some sense of WWII actions taking place at the time, the mood that was "in the air," and more.
Link to The Winnipeg Tribune to peruse news reports at your leisure. I say, the more context the better.
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After serving two years overseas, and participating in extensive training for Dieppe, and the subsequent invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Italy, Doug Harrison and Buryl McIntyre returned to Canada and volunteered for further service on the West Coast of Canada, at HMCS Givenchy III, Comox (on Vancouver Island). One of my father's activities was to train "Zombies on Navy cutters", as depicted below (More information is provided in his Navy memoirs):
I wouldn't mind getting a few fly coils for my workshop! And two pounds of marmalade at 29 cents isn't bad either!
The island of Malta "must be fed."
England wants more of Canada's bacon, though I see they have some fine pigs of their own!
The Eagle has not landed!
Some interesting lines appear below. "The operation will be fully planned, thoroughly backed by naval and air power."
Compare that to what happened at Dieppe 5 days later!
Please link to Context: Dieppe Raid 1942 - Operations RUTTER/JUBILEE (11)
Unattributed Photos GH
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