Pertains to the history of Canada's Air Force highlighting several pilots and includes portraits by Alphonse Jongers, Barnes, Allan Barr
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Forward
William Avery Bishop
William George Barker
Air Commodore Raymond Collishaw
Alan Arnett McLeod
Par ardua ad astra
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Issued to G.L. Paris on November 20, 1942 on the occasion of recieving his wings at the No. 10 Flying School in Dauphin, Manitoba. Includes invitation to "Wings Banquet and Stag" on November 18th, 1942 upon completion of 20 hours of flying.
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100th anniversary of the formation of The Rocky Mountains Park Branch of the Great War Veterans’ Association - The Banff Legion - Saturday March 31, 2018
Molly Lamb Bobak, the only Canadian woman to serve as an official war artist of the Second World War, brought a unique vision to her work
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Includes images of paintings: "Private Roy, Canadian Women's Army Corps"; "First meal as officer"; "Gas Drill"; and "#1 Static base laundry, Candaian Women's Army Corps folding sheets"
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In Canada's History, vol. 100, no. 5 (December 2020, January 2021)
Sandy Saito looks back to his childhood in 1940s Vancouver, when he was eight years old. He's a happy kid: he goes to school, reads comic books and is obsessed with baseball -- especially the Asahi baseball team, the pride of the Japanese-Canadian community. Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor -- and everything changes. The kids Sandy used to play with every day now call him names and chase him from the playground. He and his family are no longer permitted to go outside at night or visit certain areas of the city. Japanese-Canadians are stripped of their rights, their jobs and their homes, and soon the government begins to round up Japanese families, sending them to internment camps. It isn't long before Sandy's family is among them. The reader accompanies Sandy on his journey to the camp and the seasons that follow in this historically accurate portrayal of a grave chapter in both Canadian and American history. David Namisato's detailed art depicts the 1940s setting with cultural and historical precision, following Sandy and his family as they are forced to leave their home and relocate to a prison camp comprised of crowded, makeshift barracks in a remote site without electricity or running water. The theme of baseball, Sandy's favorite sport, runs through the story as a message of hope and renewal. -- Provided by publisher
Pertains to the highly personal account of Wendell Willkie and his meetings with Stalin, General Chennault, Chiang Kai-shek and other United Nations leaders. In addition to members of the United Nations, Willkie also tells of his international meetings with various kings, soldiers, teachers, farmers and librarians. The publication was based during the wartime era, and thus the overarching theme resides in a deep desire from an American victory. Willkie shares his belief that in order for said victory, the United Nations must work in cooperation. Readers can expect to receive an insight into wartime thinking, and international relations during the time period.
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Mission to Moscow : A record of confidential dispatches to the State department, official and personal correspondence, current diary and journal entries, including notes and comment up to October, 1941.
“Mission to Moscow is a report to the American people on the facts which enabled Mr. Davies to predict the Nazis-Soviet Pact, the outbreak of the war, the German attack on Russia, and the amazing resistance of the Red Army. In addition to telling a new story for the first time, Mission to Moscow tells this story in a new way. The book is made up entirely of confidential dispatches to the State Department, selections from diary and journal entries, and correspondence both official and personal.”
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Foreword (pg. xi)
Author's note (pg. xxi)
I : The mission begins : November 16, 1936 - March 30, 1937 (pg. 1)
II : Washington and points East : April 5 - June 20, 1937 (pg. 137)
III: The purge hits the red army : June 25 - July 28, 1937 (pg. 155)
IV: Russia through her neighbours' eyes : July 28 - December 24, 1937 (pg. 205)
V: The purge hits Bukharin : January 15 - March 17, 1938 (pg. 281)
VI: Moscow hears the drums of war : March 14 - April 1, 1928 (pg. 281)
VII: Climax of the mission : April 6 - July 5, 1938 (pg. 311)
VIII: Brief on the facts : June 6, 1938 (pg. 375)
Harvest of the mission : September 6, 1938 - October 28, 1941 (pg. 427)
Chronology (pg. 515)
Appendix (pg. 535)
Index (pg. 647)
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The abstract had been taken directly from the book itself
Pertains to an address to the American people by ex-American Ambassador to Japan, Joseph Clark Grew. The Publication explores the history of Japanese-American relations, while also attempting to understand the Japanese war effort. The author argues that through his publication, the American people can better know their enemies. Readers are offered insight into wartime hysteria, as well as a look into the era of enemy aliens.
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Preface (pg. 7)
Introductory note (pg. 9)
President Roosevelt's message to congress (pg. 17)
1. Return to Japan (pg. 21)
2. Why war came (pg. 28)
3. The extent of the Japanese challenge (pg. 35)
4. How we must fight to defeat Japan (pg. 41)
5. Why we can no longer do business with Japan (pg. 50)
6. Japanese youth (pg. 61)
7. Truth in Japan (pg. 65)
8. Is this a racial war? (pg. 69)
9. Our allies in the pacific (pg. 75)
10. Japan : the pledge and the performance (pg. 80)
