During WWII, St, John`s Harbour is exceptional busy with merchant ships, and escorts using every space. Six merchant ships are nested together in the middle of the harbour. Photo taken from HMCS WASAGA in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM159)
Trafalgar Square -Shore Leave
Two sailors from HMCS WASAGA, Ross Milligan on the left, take a moment on shore leave to feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, London in 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM125)
HMCS WASAGA Sailors
HMCS WASAGA sailors, Wm. Black, Ross Milligan and Wm. Weaver in St. John’s in 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM035)
HMCS COWICHAN
HMCS COWICHAN, Bangor class minesweeper assigned to the 31st Minesweeping Flotilla. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM007)
Ross Milligan, RCNR.
Surrounded by a multitude of ice sculptures, Ross Milligan stands on HMCS WASAGA’s deck off Halifax in January 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM078)
HMCS WASAGA Mine Sweeping
HMCS WASAGA during mine sweeping operations off the coast of Normandy, France, post D-Day 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM111)
HMCS WASAGA Signal Flags
HMCS WASAGA dressed overall in Halifax, possibly for Dominion Day 1942. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM031)
North Atlantic Winter Storm
In January 1943, HMCS WASAGA returns to Halifax, fighting a heavy sea and covered in ice, photo of her foc’s’le. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ross Milligan, RCNR. (RTL-REM073)
Operation Neptune -The Naval Operations for DDay
When we speak of the Normandy Invasion or D-Day as it is more commonly called, photos of soldiers hitting the beaches are usually the first images we think of. The hard fought assault on five beaches to gain a foot hold on Fortress Europe on the morning of 6 June 1944. Very little is discussed […]
Wedding Stu and Mary Graves
Wedding photo of Stu and Mary (nee-Balch) Graves while serving in HMCS MALPEQUE, with his Best Man and Helen Balch, Maid of Honour. Notice the white tapes sewn into the grooms jumper. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Bill Widger. (RTL-BW_001)