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Table of Contents |
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FOREWORD HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, GCVO, CSM. |
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INTRODUCTION Charles D. McGregor |
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PROLOGUE The Recollections of Rifleman Ross |
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CHAPTERS |
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Troops Returning To Canada... |
30 |
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D-Day Veteran Trooper/Rifleman Allan Playford... |
46 |
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The UN Sustained Almost 500,000 Casualties... |
48 |
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Five Years After VE-Day, NATO Beckoned.. |
51 |
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Ted Shuter Served In Two Wars... |
54 |
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Recruiting Sergeant "Smokey" Smith, VC... |
59 |
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Korea: Not Much Fun While It Lasted... |
74 |
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Charlie Belzile's 35-Year Military Career... |
79 |
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The Three Queen's Own Rifles Battalions... |
87 |
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Col Robbie's Career Included The KRRC... |
93 |
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The Crisis In The Suez... |
96 |
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After Everything They Did To Get Ready... |
101 |
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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Trust Fund... |
104 |
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The After-Effects Of Operation Plumbbob... |
109 |
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"Time Bombs" Tells The Story... |
118 |
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"Ex Vacuum" Soon Became " A Most Difficult... |
126 |
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"Ex Vacuum" Was Designed To Test Troops... |
130 |
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"Deuce Horn" Led The 2nd Battalion... |
133 |
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From The Bookshelf... |
136 |
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Major Ben Dunkelman, DSO... |
137 |
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Wounded On D-Day, Padre Jack Clough... |
142 |
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"Young Soldiers Draw Strength And Courage... |
145 |
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From Truro's Peace To Sarajevo's War... |
148 |
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CSM Charlie Martin, DCM, MM, CM... |
152 |
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Barney Danson Joined The Queen's Own... |
155 |
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26 |
RSM 1-tarry Fox, MBE... |
158 |
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Lord Haw l law Said They'd Bomb I its Ship... |
161 |
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From High School Cadet CO... |
166 |
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The Only Colonels Of The Regiment... |
172 |
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The New Colonel In Chief Visited... |
176 |
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"Monty" Renewed Acquaintances... |
182 |
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75 Years On... |
188 |
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Presentation of Queen's Own Rifles Drums... |
191 |
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The Ist Battalion's Bugle Band Made History... |
194 |
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1st Battalion Brought Home 79 Brides... |
196 |
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"An Organization Limited To Good Fellows"... |
206 |
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HRH Princess Alexandra... |
211 |
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A Last-Stand Battle... |
215 |
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The Queen's Own Rifles Museum... |
222 |
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For Troops Representing The United Nations... |
229 |
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From Queen's Own Rifles Skirmisher... |
238 |
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15 July, 1968: "The Last Rifleman Of The Second
Rifles... |
244 |
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After 109 Years... |
249 |
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On 26 April 1970: At Midnight... |
252 |
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NATO's Ex Orion... |
260 |
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Both Were Awarded A DSO... |
263 |
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Upper Canada College Rifles... |
268 |
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The Queen's Own Rifles Cadet Corps... |
274 |
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Bill Atkins And The Queen's Own Rifles... |
279 |
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The Rifleman Journal Began Publication In 1978... |
283 |
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Four From The Queen's Own Rifles Marched... |
286 |
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Major Edward Dunlop's Bravery... |
288 |
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Skirmishers And Pioneers Have Led The Queen's Own... |
290 |
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The Queen's Own Skirmishers Rattled Windows... |
294 |
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Losers In The Battle Of Casa Loma... |
298 |
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Sgt Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial... |
300 |
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On D-Day+50... |
305 |
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"Operation Normandie Return." D-Day+50... |
307 |
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VE-Day+50 Parade In Appeldoorn, Holland... |
311 |
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Dalton Armoury Is The Suburban Toronto Home... |
313 |
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The Powder Horn: 2005 Reunion In Calgary... |
316 |
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It's Been A Full Life For Eileen Vaughan... |
318 |
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Ice Storm 1998 Brought New Meaning... |
321 |
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BGen Don Pryer, CD Played a Major Role... |
324 |
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Dolls from Canadian Peacekeepers... |
331 |
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RSM Kelly's Coin Presentation Program... |
335 |
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For the Fallen |
339 |
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3rd Toronto Regiment Dead Were Reburied... |
340 |
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Last Post Has Sounded... |
343 |
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"Why Me?" Fred Barnard Asked... |
347 |
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The Vimy Memorial Is Rededicated... |
351 |
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The Volcano In Iceland... |
354 |
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The Queen's Own Regimental Band... |
369 |
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The Princess Alexandra Bursary... |
378 |
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Westlake Brothers' Sacrifice Is Not Forgotten... |
380 |
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For The Nine Riflemen Mortally Wounded At Ridgeway... |
383 |
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The Colonel-In-Chief Of The Queen's Own... |
389 |
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The Brooches Of The Queen's Own Rifles... |
397 |
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A Warm Regimental Family Welcome ... |
402 |
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MGen Pitts Persevered... |
408 |
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2013 Was The 30th Anniversary... |
411 |
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3 Commando Played A Major Role... |
417 |
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Friend's Death Prompted John McCrae... |
420 |
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D-Day Veteran, WO Teddy O'Halloran... |
424 |
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Rambling Riflemen In Faraway Places... |
430 |
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More Than 70 Queen's Own Riflemen... |
437 |
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Steve Thomas Earned A Medal Of Bravery... |
442 |
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Adam de Bartok Earned A Sacrifice Medal... |
445 |
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Rick Was In Afghanistan To Do A Job... |
451 |
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Notes From A Queen's Own Rifleman's Diary... |
456 |
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Ivanka Wanted A Challenge... |
459 |
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The Queen's Own Rifleman's Fund.. |
465 |
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The Road To Toronto Became The Highway Of Heroes... |
468 |
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Salute To A Brave And Modest Nation... |
471 |
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"Once In The Queen's Own, Always In The Queen's Own" |
473 |
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The Maple Leaf (Tree) Forever |
476 |
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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada's D-Day Survivors... |
477 |
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LCoI Danson's Tribute To "The Regiment"... |
479 |
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The Alliance Between The Queen's Own And The Buffs... |
483 |
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On A Personal Note |
490 |
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On A Final Note |
495 |
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MILESTONES: From 1950 To The 21st Century |
499 |
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A Brief History of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada |
522 |
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Bibliography |
526 |
