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VE Day memories from Canadian veterans across wartime Europe
A compilation of firsthand recollections from veterans including Gerd Behrendt, Earl Stewart, Eric Williamson, Jim Wood, Joe Fraser, John Roseveare, Jack Houston and Ken Williamson. They recall POW camps, celebratory egg hunts, Paris celebrations, air operations, recon missions, and the moment war ended near Wilhelmshaven and across Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Behrendt
Germany
Earl Stewart
Gladstone
28Th Battery
Royal Canadian Artillery
Denmark
Paris
Rivers
Jim Wood
North Sea
Rastede
D Company
Royal Regiment of Canada
BBC
Ken Williamson