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In this 1943 radio speech, Mary Churchill describes her favourable impressions of a recent visit to a CWAC training centre.

From the desert dunes, Matthew Halton describes a key battle in the North African campaign of the Second World War.

Major Georges P. Vanier explains how he led the Van Doos in an assault from Arras through German trenches and fortifications.

Kyle Brown is found guilty of the manslaughter and torture of Shidane Arone, but some Somalis living in Canada are outraged with the sentence that was handed to him. Ahmed Adan, a Somalian-Canadian, expresses his disappointment with how the Canadian government has dealt with the Somalia Inquiry and how he feels Canada has failed Shidane Arone.

Radio clip recalls Korean War battle in which two battalions of men, Canadian and Australian, halted a massive drive by Communist troops to capture the city of Seoul. Veterans who were there discuss their experiences.

Soldiers with the First Canadian Army in Belgium tell radio listeners at home what makes good Christmas gifts to send the troops overseas.

Bernard Kaplan reports on the first battles of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Korea.

Lt. Col. Stone describes the initial battle action of the Princess Patricias during the Korean War.

Matthew Halton reports from England, 2 days after the D-day invasion of Normandy beaches. He recounts the events leading up to and during that fateful day.

Matthew Halton reports an eyewitness account of a vicious fight on Christmas Eve during the Battle of Ortona.