Blogs about: William Sam Magee
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Story Ninety-One: 2009 Calendar
Courtesy of William Sam Magee, a 2009 calendar with pictures from the First Special Service Force, an elite group of WW 2 Americans and Canadians. Sam provides an entertaining story of his first di… more →
Oshawa Remembers: Tribute to Canadian Veterans
Story Ninety-One: 2009 Calendar
gmcknight wrote 11 months ago: Courtesy of William Sam Magee, a 2009 calendar with pictures from the First Special Service Force, … more →
Story Seventy-Three: Tommy Prince Canada's Most Decorated Native Canadian Soldier
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Sgt. Thomas George “Tommy” Prince, Source: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history … more →
Story Seventy: Playing Hockey against Turk Broda of the Toronto Maple Leafs
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Broda In 1941 he won the Vezina Trophy and was be selected … more →
Story Sixty-Eight: Unpleasant Memories
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Unpleasant memories can haunt a soldier such as these two stories. This is two such stories Story O … more →
Story Sixty-Nine: Canadian Firefighters in Britain
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Source: http://www.firemuseumcanada.com/fire-fighters-overseas.html Canadian Fightfighters in Englan … more →
Story Sixty-Six Parachute Experiences
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Parachute Jumping- commonly called Flying Boxcar, because of jumping was possible from two sides of … more →
Story Sixty-Five: CNE Horse Palace, Home for the Soldiers
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Story One CNE Horse Palace Home for Canadian soldiers during training before being shipped oversea … more →
Story Sixty Four: Trench Foot
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gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: William “Sam” Magee suffered from Trench Foot while serving in Italy. He was shocked to … more →
Story Sixty-Two: Misdemeanors and More
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: William “Sam” Magee discusses two examples of his WW 2 experiences which demonstrated … more →
Story Sixty: Soldiers Kits
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Each Canadian soldier during WW 2 needed to be self-sufficient in many ways and they carried on the … more →
Story: Fifty-Nine: Frederick's Freighters Illustrated Comic Book
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gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Oshawa Veterans were immortalized in the comic book called True Comics in a story called Fredericks … more →
Story Fifty Seven: Christmas Memories during WW 2
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Christmas was a difficult time for the soldiers and their stories retell the memories of those days … more →
Story Fifty-Six: Invasion of Aleutian Islands
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: W. Sam Magee recounts a series of stories being stationed with the First Special Service Force which … more →
Story Fifty-Five: W. Sam Magee and the First Special Service Force
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: William Sam Magee served in the First Special Service Force during WW2, commonly called the Devil … more →
Story Fifty-Four: You must be Positive
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Successful leadership brings together during war and during peacetime the individual, the team an … more →
Story Fifty Three: W Sam Magee Medic on the Fly
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gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Sergeant W.G. Grant, who has broken his leg, receives assistance from Captain Colin McDougall (left) … more →
Story Fourty-Nine: Canada's Amazing Industrial Production during WW 2
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: Canadian Industry Production William Sam Magee talks about the amazing industrial and agricultural p … more →
Story Fourty Seven: Telegram....Magee Missing in Action
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: William Sam Mcgee tells the story of sleeping on gerry-cans of fuel during rainy conditions in t … more →
Story Fourty-Six: Where were you when the war ended?
gmcknight wrote 1 year ago: William Sam Magee Sam reflects on his memories on the day when he heard that the Second World War … more →
