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Our beat wishes to the
Third Annual
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Campbell recalls..
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helping with some of our problems, sharing food."
Mr. Campbell spent the Christmas of 1944 in Nieuwkirk,
near the Maas and S'Hertogenbos. Six from his crew lived
in a house with six adults and eight refugee children.
He recalled, "My crew loaded up their mess tins with all
they would hold of a really delicious army Christmas
dinner, roast turkey, dressing, potatoes and gravy, peas
and carrots, Christmas pudding with rum sauce and a few
handfuls of candies and cigarettes for good measure.
"We rushed back to the house and with a bit of common
sense we had plates for all of the household, a treat that
had been quite awhile coming, but was sure enjoyed.
"After seeing them looked after, my crew went back to
the cook house and were able to talk the cook into a
smaller portion of seconds. Later that day, the old gen-
tleman of the house produced a box of pre-war Dutch
cigars which he had hidden somewhere. He never told us
where they came from, but we all tried our first Dutch
cigar."
As a special Christmas present from home, Mr. Cam-
pbell's family sent two cans of wieners. The happy
soldiers lit a fire and had an old-fashioned wiener roast.
One of the young children at the house, a boy of about 8 -
years -old, named Dolf, was very interested in this ac-
tivity. Mr. Campbell explained to Dolf that the soldiers
were cooking hot dogs but Dolf replied, "Nix verstand."
"Haet Hoonds, I said, and Dolf went running home to
report that those Canadians were really nuts, who ever
heard of cooking a dog.
"I gave this same boy a toothbrush and a small tube of
toothpaste for Christmas and I almost had a small tear
when I saw the look on his face. One would think he had
just gotten a real treasure."
After Christmas the soliders moved out of Nieuwkirk,
but soon returned. The war had ended and the Canadians
were billeted in the village of Elst, near Veenendaal,
waiting for their turn to return home.
An invitation came from Nleuwkirk for all personnel to
attend a Feest in the village. More than 60 soldiers loaded
into trucks to attend the celebration.
Mr. Campbell still dearly recalls the festival, "There
were only 200 or 300 people in the village and they had
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