Tuesday, August 19, 2008

On This Day - Aug. 19, 1942


We have suffered heavy losses, and I watched our men die,' says CBC Radio's Robert Bowman, just returned from the bloody beaches of Dieppe. The grim reality of what happened in France yesterday is just setting in: hundreds of Canadians killed, untold numbers taken prisoner. Reading from grimy notes taken during his eight hours ashore, Bowman does not use words like 'failure' or 'disaster.' Instead, he lauds the bravery of the troops, and the lessons learned from the assault.

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  1. Anonymous4:08 pm

    If you look closely at the next picture in the CBC site you can see all the rocks have 'thumb holes'. I brought one back with me. I've never seen anything like it, all sizes have the indent. It was a very moving place along with the Canadian alter in Sacre-Coeur.

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  2. Thanks for this very enlightening comment.

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