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THE SCRIBBLER Jan 2016 The Scribbler Little Known Stories As collected (and sometimes told) by Sam Newman Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 2 Forward ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 6 A Collection of Shor t Stories for Your Reading Pleasure ................................ ......... 6 Thoughts on Remembrance, Freedom and Courage ................................ ................. 7 How We Remember ................................ ................................ ........................... 9 The 2009 Youth Leaders Pilgrimage of Remembrance ................................ ........... 9 The 2013 Youth Leaders Pilgrimage of Remembrance .............................. 13 Countdown to D - Day Ceremonies ................................ ................................ .................. 17 An A mazing Display by the British ................................ ................................ ................ 19 Honouring the Unknown Soldiers of WWI ................................ ................................ 20 Chaplains of WW II ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 21 Farewell Dear Gladys ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 22 Daddy's Poem ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................... 22 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 24 Peace Day and the Fallen 9000 Project, by Jamie Wardley ................................ 24 My Chocolate Soldier ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 25 True Patriot Love ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 27 My Pal, Charley Fox, DFC With Bar, CD ................................ ................................ ........ 27 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You ................................ ................................ ....... 28 The Veteran on the Canadian $10 Bill ................................ ................................ .......... 29 The Inspiration Behind "Hug a Vet" ................................ ................................ .............. 30 Pilgrimage to Beaumont Hamel, with thanks to Fred Wood .............................. 30 Two Visits I Didn't Want To Make ................................ ................................ ................. 32 The Grand - Père of Vimy ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 33 2 War Stories ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 33 “Brotherly Love” by Elinore Florence ................................ ................................ .......... 33 Out of the Dawn, Condensed from True Stories of D - Day written by Henry Brook ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 35 The Italian Campai gn ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 35 Mustard Gas ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 36 Great Escape Tunnel Revealed in 2011 after 67 Years ................................ ......... 37 How Britain's Wealth Went West ................................ ................................ .................. 37 Battle of Britain and Small French Village of Maisontiers ................................ ... 38 The Battle of Britain – the Canadians ................................ ................................ ........... 39 From the Ruhr Valley in 19 44 – 18,000' Without a Parachute .......................... 40 Defuse the Magnetic Mines ................................ ................................ ............................... 41 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 42 Canada's Covert "Luxury Fl eet" ................................ ................................ ...................... 42 Figures ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 43 The Famous Lancaster Bomber ................................ ................................ ...................... 43 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 45 Operation Manna ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 45 The Submarine that Sank a Japanese Train ................................ ............................... 45 Remembering the Caribou and Her Gallant Crew ................................ ................... 49 Charlie Brown, B17 Flying Fortress ................................ ................................ .............. 50 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 50 It Was The U.S. That Started The War With Japan and Not The Other Way Around! ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 53 The Last of the “Dambusters” ……………………………………………………………….. 54 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 55 3 The Boys of Iwo Jima (With permission from Michael T. Powers) ..................55 Leave It to a Female Resistance Member to Trick the Gestapo ......................... 57 Stories of Interest ............................................................................................ 60 John Goheen Honoured By Dominion Command .................................................... 60 John Goheen, Principal-Pilgrimage of Remembrance Guide .............................. 60 Printed with permission of Amanda Sage. ........................................................... ...... 60 Kickass Canadians article reprinted, March 19, 2015 ........................................... 60 My Grandfather's Watch, Written by Alec Dreichel ............................................... 65 The Blue Max and the Little Boy ..................................................................................... 66 After Flight 77 Hit the Pentagon on 9/11 ....................................................... ............ 67 The Sandpiper ........................................................................................................................ 68 Bayeux Tapestry .................................................................................................................... 69 The French Shore Tapestry Update (2013) ............................................................... 70 Over 100 Years of Flight in Canada ............................................................................... 71 Told to an Army Aviator Who Takes a Trip Down Memory Lane .................... 72 The Double Sunrise: ............................................................................................................. 72 Qantas's Secret Perth–Ceylon Wartime Service ...................................................... 72 WW II B17 Survival Story .................................................................................................. 73 ............................................................................................................................................. 75 Canadians Help Make World A Safer Place ................................................................ 75 Bring Down United Airlines Flight 93 .......................... ................................................ 76 Existing Tunnel at Casa Loma .......................................................................................... 78 All There Is To Know About Monopoly........................................................................ 78 The Wooden Bowl................................................................................................................. 79 Three Trees .............................................................................................................................. 80 Dad and Cheyenne ................................................................................................................ 81 Did You Know ..................................................................................................... 83 4 An Unusual Award (the Queen's Crocheted Scarf) ................................ ................. 83 A Little Known Town in Ontario ................................ ................................ ..................... 84 An Old Pub in the Marble Arch in London, England ................................ ............... 85 Urine to Tan Animal Skins ................................ ................................ ...............................
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