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good to see the big guns here too, my dad was a gunner for 32 yrs in Canadian military including a stint with 1SSM Bty in Germany on alert during the Cuban missile crisis.
what outfit was Your Dad's?? My Pop's was 19th Fld 63rd Battery (D-Day),Caen,liberation of Holland,battle of the Sheldt.Quote:
Originally Posted by blazer91
Hi, my grandfather was WW11,Quote:
Originally Posted by G/Sgt Rowdy
Ontario Tank Reg't., Mechanical Quarter Master Sargeant (Fitter)
Italian Campaign including the first real street fighting (Ortona)
then up to Holland and into Germany,
see my post on M1/M2 Carbine
regards, Jim
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This one brings back lots of memories from the later 1950s. I trained in all positions, but after attending NCO course, generally ended up in #2 or #3 position. Lots of fun at Petewawa and Meaford.
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There is an excellent book about the Canadian Artillery during the camapign for Normandy.Quote:
Originally Posted by blazer91
Title
"The Guns of Normandy: A soldiers eye view. France 1944" by George Blackburn.
I could not put it down.
Blackburn wrote three books, chronologically this one was the second. The First, covering the long training period in England was "Where the hell are the Guns". The last one was "The Guns of Victory" covering the balance of the campaign after Normandy to V-E Day. The series is an excellent description of the use of artillery by commonwealth forces, especially Canadian, in WW II. This is the way we trained up until very recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brno8x57