HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1944-07-27, Page 3.The Buffalo Goes io War-
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BUFFALO which roamed they
plains of Western Canada in the
days of the pioneer settlers are now
a factor in the war effort of the
United Nations. At many points
along the lines of the Canadian Na-
tional Railways salvage dumps, as
shown above, have been established
to which farmers bring the skulls
and bones of buffalo as well as
moose and elk antlers, some of
them long since turned up by their
ploughshares. Bones are valuable
in making ammunition.
Ma Scrap iron and steel from dis-
carded farm machines are also
hauled to the railway sidings by
farmers and their families to be
delivered to the Government scrap
depots, This youngster, at right, is
busy in the war salvage job at
Borradalle in Alberta.
DESPATCH RIDER TAKES COVER
Delivering important front line messages, this despatch rider was
fired on by snipers. He pulled to the side of the road and took
cover while his Canadian comrades flushed the Nazi .. . then he
carried on. Incident: France, 1944..
BASTILLE DAY IN NORMANDY
Near the ruins of a shell -shattered church in the Caen area, Major
S. Laratnee, of Montreal, is shown conducting a Bastille Day Ser-
vice held jointly by Canadian troops and French villagers.
PARACHAMP
Pvt. Marie McMillin, world's
champion woman parachute jump-
er, is pictured as she celebrated a
year's service in the WAC. She le
now chief of a section of riggers
at the parachute school in Ft. Ben-
ning, Ga. Veteran of 690 parachute
jumps, including the women's re-
cord one of 28,800 feet at Cleveland
Air Races in 1932, she hasn't made
one since the_ day before Pearl
Harbor.
THANKSGIVING
During a lull in the terrific fighting
on Saipan, that produced a record.
number of American casualties, a
devout Yank fighter kneels before
a shrapnel -punctured shrine in the
Chamorro cemetery, near Garapan.
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GIS ARE PALL -BEARERS FOR GENERAL ROOSEVELT
Eight GI pall -bearers carry the flag -draped casket of Gen. Theodore Roosevelt to his final resting
place in the military cemetery at St. Mere Eglise, France.
A TOAST TO VICTORY
The Army and the Air Force drink a toast to the capture of Caen by Canadians in a street of the
blasted Nazi strong -point. Left to right: Pte. F. P. Harwood, Turtleford, Sask.; Flight Officer J,
D. Orr, Vancouver, and Capt. H. L. Jones, Regina. The bottle of wine was given them by a liberated
r„r-enchman,
"HEY SMINNEY! COME ON UP, THE AIR'S EINE
A FAR CRY FROM THE OL' SWIMMING HOLE"
OFF TO CAMP FOR AIR CADETS
Air Cadets are in camp for two weeks on air flying training
schools where they will have the opportunity to fly with R.C,A.F.
aircrew trainees.
They will get trips in the Anson and Harvard training planes
providing they have the consent of their parents.
Cadets at Camp Borden and Hagersville will be under canvas.
Those at Brantford, Centralia, Trenton, Dunnville and Fingal will
live in station quarters. All schools except Fingal are service flying
training schools, Fingal is a bombing and gunnery centre.
Groups will go to camp at two-week intervals until Aug. 16.
The layout illustrates that portion of summer camp now holding
the spotlight for the cadets. In No. 1 from the co-pilot's seat the
Flight sergeant, the envy of the rest fo his mates, gets the gun from
an expert, the officer pilot, before the boys take off.
No, 2. What a thrill' Seated in the front cockpit of a Harvard
the cadet gets an unimpeded view as he flies the skies. The pilot
operates the aircraft from the rear cockpit.
No. 3. -- The cadet sergeant with full accoutrement, harness,
chute and head -set climbs on the wing to take his seat in the forward
cockpit. Flying in the RCAF's best known training plane, a top
notch pilot at the controls and the cadet himself part and parcel of
the whole business.
No. 4. — The porthole -like window of the Anson Mark 5 makes
a fitting frame for the happy cadet taking his flip under expert RC
AF supervision.
No. 5. - .. Inside the aircraft are the cadets. Looking towards the
nose the picture shows three of the cadets inside the Anson while in
flight, at the left can be seen the radio transmitter -receiver and to
the right the chutes neatly arranged in racks.
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