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i bet that was a happy event, back in the day, when the officers told the sappers to vacate the larger room with the fireplace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Angus_Munn I knew Munn re-mustered from the Black Watch but never knew he was one of the first combat divers. I visited him in the hospital after the explosion and he was drinking a beer in his bed. He said to me, " I'd offer you one but this is strictly for...

Stewart T.K. was usually one of the pinmen. I think Kirk was on our 1969 GMT course too and there were a lot of people from that course that stayed in for more than 3 years.

I remember all those guys. My memory being what it is, my bad on Dave Dyck. we had 2 Stewarts, Jim and T.K.; and 2 Dycks. Mixed up their names and am sad to hear about Dave's passing, just as i mentioned his name. I would have thought Wayne Laycock would have still been around there. He often...

i remember a story about Jerry Silva when he was still the no-nonsense SSM; he got into the back of a 3/4 ton for a ride down the road at cultus and he told one of the new recruits, who still could not recognize who all the main characters were yet, to slide down the bench. the recruit told him...

i was a reserve call-out to Germany in 1971 and i had the pleasure of meeting Wilf Biggs there. He was our section APC driver, a tall, skinny guy with a long face and an attempt at a mustauche. After every road move at Hohenfels, his face was just covered with dust except for the area protected...

Glad to read some news about my old unit, 6 FES. I served 5 years there, a long time ago and then went on the supplementary list. Back in 1969, Vince Laroque was on the same GMT course as me, in Nanaimo. I was top bunk, he was bottom. I am sure Alex Chismore was also in the unit then and left...