Posted on May 9, 2021
Nick Lees: Second World War veteran recalls liberation of Netherlands at Edmonton’s Kipnes Centre...
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I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and this is a local Canadian story of a teenager who joined the Canadian Army and served in the Netherlands in 1945. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel MAJ(P) Eugene Chu SFC Chuck Martinez SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) CPT Jack Durish LTC (Join to see) LTC John Mohor LTC John Shaw Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen COL (Join to see) SPC (Join to see) CPT (Join to see) COL (Join to see) SFC (Join to see)
Nick Lees: Second World War veteran recalls liberation of Netherlands at Edmonton’s Kipnes Centre...
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Military History
Netherlands
Germany
Canada
Enlisted
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LTC Stephen Conway During our tour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2001, the tour guide told of how many Canadian Soldiers had gone up the big wooden ramp at Pier 21, Port Halifax enroute to Europe during WW II. I cannot find a reference, but I want to recall that over a million Canadians had gone up that ramp to board a ship for Europe.
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LTC Stephen Conway
I believe it. I wonder how many soldiers were injured or died when the ammunition ship exploded.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-halifax-explosion
SPC Nancy Greene CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-halifax-explosion
SPC Nancy Greene CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
At 9:05 a.m., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating manmade explosion in the pre-atomic age occurs when the
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