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DARING DEEDSvan*CMidiw Army Enfliwen Bun A j Place In Fame jWITH THE CANADIAN ARMY Ithat was the River Rhine on the Sep-! 1 teraber night when Britain's 1st Air-1 borne Division was evacuated after j ( nine days and nights of fighting, a j, field company of Canadian Army en- j, glneers earned a place in fame be-;, side these heroes of Arnhem by; j evacuating some 2,500 of them across ] ] the river to safety. j,The Canadians, under Maj. Michaelj Thicker of Montreal, rescued nearly j 90 per cent of all the men brought j out under a constant hail of enemy j fire and in the most, horrible weather, j ' Outstanding In this operation was; Cpt George I. Robinson of Regina.1 and Sapper David McCready of Cal- j gary. 1*T was never prouder of a bunch j of men, said Maj. Tucker. Mor- j tars and shplls were falling Ail around; them but they never faltered; they; just unloaded and headed right back i Into it all for the other side. jIMaj. Tucker had special praise forj Cpl. George Robinson who led a sec- j tion in constructing the bridge nec-j esaary for the operation, was re-! sponsible for the delivery of many j storm boats to the launching sites | and afterwards commanded a boat on six trips before it was put out of commission.
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Rivers Gazette
Rivers, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Oct 19, 1944
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