by brucericketts | Nov 25, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
General Sir Arthur Currie, Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Corps, was a British Columbia lawyer and businessman, at the outbreak of the war. He developed rare ability at the front as a tactician and military organizer. To him in no small measure is due the signal...
by brucericketts | Aug 29, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
Check the video on our YouTube channel. The Battle of Kapyong is one of Canada’s greatest, yet least-known, military achievements. For two days in April 1951, a battalion of roughly 700 Canadian troops (the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light...
by brucericketts | Jun 9, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
TAKE A WALK WITH ME, PLEASE, ALL DESCENDANTS TO A PLACE , THAT YOU’LL NOT WISH TO STAY COME JOIN, A LONG , HARD FOUGHT BATTLE COME WITH ME , LISTEN CLOSE WHAT I SAY PUT YOURSELF ON THE SANDS OF, “BEACH JUNO” ON THE 6TH DAY OF JUNE, FOURTY- FOUR! ALL...
by brucericketts | Mar 20, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
This song, the third in a series, is written by 85-year-old Ellis Craig and sung by Alan Sandeman. The other two songs are We Are Canadian and Known Just to God and Me.
by brucericketts | Jan 20, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
For the CF-105 Arrow project, Avro Canada had originally intended to use one of three different engines, all UK designs: Rolls-Royce RB.106, the Bristol B.0L.4 Olympus, or a license-built version of the Olympus, the Curtiss-Wright J67. The RB.106 and J67 were selected...
