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christmas at war: sent to korea by mistake james victor (vic) johnson was a 25-year-old second lieutenant still in training at the royal canadian school of military engineering in chilliwack, b.c., when he was mistakenly tagged to go off to war just christmas at war: a cabin in the hurtgen forest the christmas truce of 1914, as the london telegraph described it, was “one of the most remarkable episodes ever to take place in the history of armed conflict.” three decades later in a cabin in the forests of belgium, a much smaller but just as improbable truce took place. motorcycle messengers dispatch riders had doubly dangerous duties during the second world war. drs delivered messages—everything from battle orders, situational updates, maps or intelligence reports. the halifax explosion 101 years ago on thursday, dec. 6, 1917, a collision between two ships in halifax harbour in 1917 set off an explosion unrivalled until the atomic bomb. #lestweforget december 19, 2018 by stephen j. thorne james victor (vic) johnson was a 25-year-old second lieutenant still in training at the royal canadian school of military engineering in chilliwack, b.c., when he was mistakenly tagged to go off to war just before christmas 1951. the eston, sask., native had been in no rush to get to the front, but there were two… december 19, 2018 by legion magazine malcolm mcbean bell-irving, 22, of vancouver, made his way to britain in august 1914 and joined the royal flying corps in september, reportedly the corps’ first canadian-born pilot, the first canadian pilot to make a kill in the war, and the first canadian pilot to be decorated. he joined no. 1 squadron at netheravon, england,… december 18, 2018 by hugh a. halliday a daring mission by a canadian-crewed wellington bomber raised the stakes in the allies’ battle for air supremacy they called it the wizard war, a battle of scientists and technicians—american, british, canadian—striving to stay ahead of their german counterparts waging the first electronic war in history. the weapons