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THRILLING EXPERIENCE FOR NORTHERNERS
Just back from adventure over and on thecontinent, two Lion Squadron crew members tell the story
to the younger brother of one of them who recently arrived in Britain from Canada. Left to right are
F/0 V. C. "Kurt" Suntsrum, navigator, Cochrane, Ont.; his rear gunner, Sgt. P. E. Regimbal, Sudbury,
Ont.; and Sunstrum's visiting brother, F/O Alex. Sunstrum, an air gunner. The Sunstrum Regimbal
Halifax was hit by flak over its target, Stuttgart, but the pilot nursed it back to Northern France
where he told the crew to "hit the silk". Setting course for the enemy lines he then bailed out him-
self, Regimbal broke a bone of his Left leg on landing. He and other members of the crew arrived
at their base 24 hours after take -off for Stuttgart. All crew members are safely accounted for. At the
right, Sgt. R. L. Davis, bomb aimer from Porcupine, Ont., gives his navigator, Sgt. W. R. Arni11, of
Dundalk, Ont., a boost into a Halifax bomber. The lads were snapped at a heavy conversion unit in
Britain while undergoing final training before joining hundreds of their fellow -Canadians as mem-
bers of the R.C.A.F Bomber Group Overseas.
UNIFORM ADMIRATION
• Mutual interest in colorful uniforms is evident in this photo of a
meetingbetween
two palace guards in Palermo, Italy, and a pair
o£ Navy nurses, on an off-duty sightseeing tour.
GERMAN GALLANTRY
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A commentary on Teutonic gallantry is this photo, showing a
portly, well-fed German deli:ately carrying his pet cat, while his
wife trudges along burdened down with heavy bedroll, knapsack,
suitcase and basket. They're leaving Aachen for temporary shelter.
IT'S AN OLD
GAJ ,IC CUSTOM
Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny, com-
mander of the First French Army
in France, bestows the traditional
kiss on Col. Jacquot, of the FFI,
after awarding him the Rosette of
the Legion of Honor and the Croix
de Guerre with Palms for bravery.
CAREFUL, `STINKY'
This pet skunk "Stinky" had better
not live up to his name, "Instant
sea duty" is the penalty promised
for such an offense.
READY TO INVADE PHILIPPINES
Pictured above at an Undisclosed port is a portion of the mifr hty armada . which carried Ameri nn
invasion forces 'to the shores of Leyte Island in the Philippines. The convoy, which transported art
array of 250,000, 'converged from dozens of American forward bases all over the central and southwest
Pacific.
ELEVEN MEN WALKED AWAY FROM THIS
Eleven crew members, although shaken, cut and bruised and some wounded by flak ,miraculously
escaped death when their bomber—the House of Bourbon—crash-landed at its home base in the
Marianas following a mission over Iwo Jima, 650 miles from Japan, during which it was badly
damaged by Jap ack-ack and Zero cross-fire. The 30 -ton plane landed at 105 miles an hour, skidded
off the runway, plowed over a jeep trailer, careened into a revetment, and then broke in two. The entire
crew received the Purple Heart.
THE SECOND MILK, I PEACE IN THE TURMOIL OF WAR
F. P. GALBRAITH
F. P. Galbraith, publisher of the
Red Deer Advocate and newly
elected President of the Canadian
Weekly Newspapers Association,
has despatched the following mes-
sage to all publishers of weekly
newspapers in Canada as the
Seventh Victory Loan campaign
opens:
"It is from the rural districts
that Canada draws her strength.
Again and again governments and
businesses draw their leaders from
the farms, the villages and the
towns and in the this war
the farms, the villages and the
towns' have proved their quality.
Now the Seventh Victory Loan -
faces us. Once more the boys
overseas are asking for our finan-
cial support. This time it is more
important than ever for us to give
it. The enemy is reeling but not
out. We need to put in that knock-
out punch that will finish the
fight. Buy more this time than
you've ever done before and help
finish the job."
The sleep of the innocent. During the truce between Germans and
Canadians at Dunkirk this little chap slept in his daddy's arms, un-
mindful of the moving finger of history, the second evacuation of
Dunkirk. In the dark days of 1940, a British Army was driven into
the sea at Dunkirk by the then victorious armies of Hitler. Now
British arms are again in front of the city ... but as victors. This
picture was taken during the truce between German defenders and
Canadian and British attackers when civilians were allowed to leave
proir to the final assault by Allied arms,
THE BIGGEST PRINTING JOB IN CANADA
More than 12,000,000 ration books, were distributed to Canadians last week by volunteer workers.
Above, employees of one of the two firms handling the job, are busy preparing the books for Oct, 14.
(1) The eleven colored sheets of coupons are taken from the;r shelves in the proper order and
placed between covers, (2) The books are then cut in strips and separated for the stitching machines.
(3) Stitching is done by a huge stap.ing machine in strips of six books at a time, (4) Finally, the
books are cut in individual sizes. and fed to a tying machine which wraps them in lots of €fty,
ready to be packed in cartons for the distributing centres.