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RCN Beach Commando "W"

An illustrated account of a unique World War II Canadian naval unit. Part I, based on official Canadian archival records, chronicles its October 1943 formation, eight months training in Scotland, and seven week stint, as part of Operation NEPTUNE, on Juno Sector's Normandy beaches. Part II, presented in the form of eleven anecdotal "PORTHOLES" related by members of the unit, spins a series of unofficial, off-the-record yarns

Print Book, English, c1994
E.G. Finley, [Ottawa], c1994