Posted in Canada Remembers, First Special Service Forces, Photostories, William Sam Magee, World War Two on +00002008-12-28T14:04:58+00:00312008b+00:00Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:04:58 +0000 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Courtesy of William Sam Magee, a 2009 calendar with pictures from the First Special Service Force, an elite group of WW 2 Americans and Canadians.
Sam provides an entertaining story of his first dispatch with the force to Kiska
Click on link or icon to view the slideshow
Or you can download it at
http://www.archive.org/details/2009FssfCalendar
http://gcmcknight.webng.com/2009_calendar/
Posted in Canadian Army, Photostories, Tommy Prince, William Sam Magee, tagged Native Canadians, Tommy Prince, WW2 on +00002008-12-07T21:00:14+00:00312008b+00:00Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:00:14 +0000 31, 2008|
Sgt. Thomas George “Tommy” Prince,
Source: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/other/native/prince2
Awards
Memory of Tommy Prince
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Listen to Audio Soundslide
Posted in Sports, William Sam Magee, World War Two on +00002008-12-05T20:32:33+00:00312008b+00:00Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:32:33 +0000 31, 2008|
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Broda
In 1941 he won the Vezina Trophy and was be selected to be on the All Star Team. The next year Broda had another great season leading Toronto to a Stanley Cup and being selected on the second all- Star team. From 1943 to 1945 Broda left hockey to serve in the military during the Second World War. When he came back he later led Toronto to three more Stanley Cups and won another Vezina Trophy and to be selected on the 1948 first All star team. In 1951 he won his last Stanley Cup with Toronto and retired in 1952.
Posted in Children, Italy, William Sam Magee on +00002008-12-05T20:21:20+00:00312008b+00:00Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:21:20 +0000 31, 2008|
Unpleasant memories can haunt a soldier such as these two stories. This is two such stories
Story One: Robbing the Dead:
Story Two: Death of Child by passing train
Posted in Canada Remembers, William Sam Magee, tagged Canadian firefighters during WW 2, Firefighters on +00002008-12-05T20:18:15+00:00312008b+00:00Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:18:15 +0000 31, 2008|
Source: http://www.firemuseumcanada.com/fire-fighters-overseas.html
A total of 422 men volunteered from across Canada to form the Corps of Canadian Fire Fighters under the direction of G.E. Huff of Brantford, Ontario.
The Corps arrived in Britain in May, 1942, and manned six stations.
In a 2 1/2 year period, Corps members worked countless times at risk in perilous conditions to effect rescues and battle fires started by bombing.
Listen to a BBC broadcast about firefighters by Herbert Morrison in 1940
1940-12-31_herbertmorrison_messagetofiremen
Website
http://www.firemuseumcanada.com/fire-fighters-overseas.html
Canadian Fire Fighters Museum
95 Mill St. South in Port Hope, Ontario Canada
Mailing Address: Box 325, Port Hope, Ontario L1A 3W3
Telephone/Fax: 905-885-8985 or
Posted in Air Force, First Special Service Forces, Training, William Sam Magee, World War Two on +00002008-12-05T18:44:37+00:00312008b+00:00Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:44:37 +0000 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parachute Jumping- commonly called Flying Boxcar, because of jumping was possible from two sides of the bomber, in contrast to the Lancaster which had a hole in the floor to leap.
Parachuting was an important activity
Sam’s stories
Story One: Leo’s Leap, a Parachuting training technique
Story Two: 5000 foot Winterdrop Drifted 5 miles from drop
Story Three: 1st Water Drop: 1st Cdn. Peacetime Drop
Story Four: Jumping out of a Lancaster Bomber
Posted in 14391226, Air Force, Canada Remembers, Canadian Army, CNE, Photostories, Toronto, Uncategorized, William Sam Magee, World War One on +00002008-12-03T23:45:06+00:00312008b+00:00Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:45:06 +0000 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Story One CNE Horse Palace
Home for Canadian soldiers during training before being shipped overseas to the European theatre
At it’s opening in 1931, the Horse Palace was hailed as: “The finest equestrian facility in the country”. It’s also a nice bit of Art Deco.
Watch an audio slideshow
Posted in Canadian Army, health and sickness, William Sam Magee, World War Two, tagged Trench Foot, Trench mouth on +00002008-12-03T17:20:57+00:00312008b+00:00Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:20:57 +0000 31, 2008| 4 Comments »
William “Sam” Magee suffered from Trench Foot while serving in Italy. He was shocked to hear that the doctor threatened to cut off his feet
Trench Foot
Many soldiers fighting in the First World War suffered from trench foot. This was an infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and insanitary conditions. In the trenches men stood for hours on end in waterlogged trenches without being able to remove wet socks or boots. The feet would gradually go numb and the skin would turn red or blue. If untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in amputation. Trench foot was a particular problem in the early stages of the war. For example, during the winter of 1914-15 over 20,000 men in the British Army were treated for trench foot.
The only remedy for trench foot was for the soldiers to dry their feet and change their socks several times a day. By the end of 1915 British soldiers in the trenches had to have three pairs of socks with them and were under orders to change their socks at least twice a day. As well as drying their feet, soldiers were told to cover their feet with a grease made from whale-oil. It has been estimated that a battalion at the front would use ten gallons of whale-oil every day .
source: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWfoot.htm
Story One: Sam suffering from Trench Foot
Story Two: Sam gets Trench Mouth
A painful infection of the mouth and throat characterized by ulcerations of the mucous membranes, bleeding, and foul breath. It is caused by the bacterium
Posted in Air Force, Crime, Korean War, William Sam Magee, World War Two on +00002008-12-03T04:33:08+00:00312008b+00:00Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:33:08 +0000 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »
William “Sam” Magee discusses two examples of his WW 2 experiences which demonstrated how he bent the rules.
Story One Two 5 gallons cans of gas liberated in exchange for a Great Meal This story is how Sam liberated two cans of gas, caught and charged,then released due to no evidence while in Southern France
Story Two: Stolen Convey Truck with Rations After hitching a ride upon a US Convoy truck, he recalls a story when the driver slowed his vehicle down, out of sight of the other drivers , he quickly left the convoy, drove into to a enclosed courtyard, doors opened, drove in and sold the truck and all it’s rations, then took off.
Posted in Canadian Army, William Sam Magee, World War Two, tagged soldiers kits on +00002008-12-03T03:36:53+00:00312008b+00:00Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:36:53 +0000 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Each Canadian soldier during WW 2 needed to be self-sufficient in many ways and they carried on their own person a wide range of things in order to be self-reliant.
Story One Sewing Kit
Story Two Shaving Kit
Story Two: Shaved by a Nine Year Old in Italy
Story Three Hold All Kit
Story Four: Field Dressing
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Oshawa Remembers: Tribute to Canadian Veterans 