They Were So Young: Montrealers Remember WWII (Dossier Quebec Series) - Softcover

Burns, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550651676 ISBN 13: 9781550651676

Publisher: Véhicule Press, 2002

Synopsis

These gripping stories of young men and women who served in the army, navy, and air force during World War II are a testament to the raw courage, youthful bravado, camaraderie, and sacrifice needed to defeat a powerful enemy. Many who returned from the theatre of war were never the same again. Moving accounts by family members relate the impact the war had on their lives--the pain of losing a son, father, brother, or husband, and the welcoming of war brides into the family. This is history that must never be forgotten.

About this title

From the Publisher:

We meet a young bride who spent her first three wedding anniversaries alone while her husband languished in the POW camp, Stalag Luft III, and took part in the doomed escape which was made into the movie, The Great Escape; a ship’s stoker who feared not being able to escape a torpedo attack which would mean either instant death or a horrible death by scalding; the daring pilot who became a priest after the war; a young woman who joined the air force and realized that its motto, "We Serve That Men May Fly" really meant "We Serve That Men May Die"; a nurse who unknowingly skied in a minefield in Italy, and a soldier’s account of the Dieppe raid of August 19, 1942—"the costliest day in Canada’s military history.

About the Author:

Patricia Burns is the author of The Shamrock & the Shield: An Oral Histroy of the Irish in Montreal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Véhicule Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1550651676
• ISBN 13: 9781550651676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186