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Find out more »Guest Speaker -Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
HMCS TRENTONIAN at Milford Haven, freshly painted in the Admiralty Disruptive paint scheme in July 1944.Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK026) Veterans of the Battle of the Atlantic – A Royal Canadian Navy Corvette Crew and their Stories Join Roger Litwiller as he discusses the remarkable and poignant wartime service of the last corvette lost in action during WWII, HMCS TRENTONIAN. This ship is the feature of Roger’s latest…
Find out more »Listen to Roger Litwiller Interview on Northumberland Radio 89.7 “Words on The Hills”
Tune into Northumberland Radio 89.7 on Sunday September 20 at 1 pm for Roger Litwiller's interview on the radio show, Words On The Hills. This is a wonderful weekly program with hosts Felicity Sidnell and Gwynn Scheltema with local authors from the Northumberland area of Ontario. Roger will be discussing the stories he has gathered from the veterans used in his work and reading from both his books, White Ensign Flying and Warships of the Bay of Quinte. You can…
Find out more »Doors Open Ontario -Author’s Readings
Visit the council chambers of Quinte West City Hall and Public Library where you can meet authors Roger Litwiller, Peggy Dymond Leavey and Mary Garland. Their subjects range from such diverse topics as shipbuilding in Trenton to Molly Brant and Algonquin Park’s Mowat Lodge. Following the readings from their current publications, the authors will be available for questions. Join Roger at the Quinte West Council Chambers at the City Hall and Library at 11 am where he will be discussing…
Find out more »Remembrance Day Talk at Trent Port Historical Society
Buster Alyea (Centre) Angus Mowat (Right) and Jack Thompson (Left) in a WWI "selfie" in a camp in England. Photo courtesy The Trent Port Historical society -Buster Alyea Photo Album. Join Roger at the Trent Port Historical Society, where he will discuss the service of several of Trenton area citizens in WWI and WWII. Including Angus Mowat, father of Canadian author Farley Mowat.
Find out more »Veterans of the Battle of the Atlantic Lecture -Probus Club of Trent Hills
Roger Litwiller speaking at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1 September 2015. Join Roger at the Trent Hills Probus Club in Campbellford as he discusses the Veterans of the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII. Â Roger will describe many of the stories told to him by the men who served in HMCS TRENTONIAN, the subject of his book, White Ensign Flying.
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