Tag: WWII
UPDATED – Uncovering Valour: A Juno Beach memorial journey 75 years in the making
(Geoffrey Osborne on Juno Beach looking out to sea where his Grandfather, Earl Olmsted, would have landed. All photos: Geoffrey Osborne from following in his Grandfather’s footsteps.) In June, we…
Stittsville native dies on beach during invasion of Normandy – brother dies nearby
(Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery – The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. Photo: J. Stephens) His name was Arthur McCaffrey…