As we open on the month of remembrance, this episode shares one soldier’s extraordinary experience during the Second World War. It serves as a moving reminder that those who served were, for the most part, everyday sons and daughters, husbands and wives, and friends and neighbours who faced unimaginable circumstances with courage and resilience.

Following the story we invite the listeners to join us on the Museum grounds on Tuesday November 11 not only for the town's annual Remembrance Day service, but for a special tour of the grounds and their history of those who served our town and our nation.

We also invite everyone to join us later in the month for a joint evening at the Collingwood Legion for a special collector's event. The event takes place in the Legion's Military Museum on Wednesday November 19 from 7-8:30 pm and is a wonderful opportunity to share personal stories and find out a little more history of those medals and military items your family may have sitting at home.

Episode Picture:Cenotaph Ceremony sometime between 1932 and 1965 [Collingwood Museum Collection X2014.47.1]

Research:

https://48thhighlanders.ca/actions/lamone-crossing/

Collingwood Public Library Historical Files

https://legionmagazine.com/operation-chuckle-no-laughing-matter-army-part-87/

https://www.assoknowledge.org/freedom-for-italy/operation-chuckle-and-1st-canadian-corps

Links:

"An Officer, A Gentleman, and a Spy" Season 4 Episode 3 https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/LNlZQoB1PXb

"Letters to Mother" Season 3 Episode 3 https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/2nSZVVH1PXb

"The Ridgway Brothers" Season 2 Episode 3 https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/dtWyR9K1PXb

"Coming Home ... Again" Season 1 Episode 16 https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/QRW7EEO1PXb