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RCN Sailors at Port Arthur, ON.

December 22, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Sailors at Port Arthur, ON.

Group of RCN sailors at the CPR station in Port Arthur, ON. (now Thunder Bay), sometime between 1943 and 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB006)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, HMCS GRIFFON, Naval History, Naval Reserve Division, Navy, NRD, Port Arthur ON, RCN, RCNR, RCNVR, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy Reserve, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, Thunder Bay, WWII

RCN Sailors at Port Arthur, ON

December 18, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Sailors at Port Arthur, ON

Group of RCN sailors ready to ship out at the CPR station in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), ON, sometime between 1943 and 1945. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB005) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, Canadian Pacific Railway, CPR, History, HMCS, HMCS GRIFFON, Naval History, Navy, ON, RCN, RCNR, RCNVR, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, Thunder Bay, Train Station

HMCS PORT ARTHUR

January 4, 2021 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS PORT ARTHUR

HMCS PORT ARTHUR, Flower class corvette. On 19 January 1943, PORT ARTHUR sank the Italian submarine TRITONE off Bougie, Algeria while deployed in the Mediterranean for Operation TORCH. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Lee Abrams (RTL-LA005)

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Whaler Sail

July 28, 2020 by Roger Litwiller

Whaler Sail

Whaler sail with a group of RCN sailors from HMCS GRIFFON on Lake Superior in Thunder Bay in 1943-45. Note the two ladies in the boat, possibly WRCNS. PO Allan “Bud” Bruder is in the centre of the photo facing camera with cap on. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Allan “Bud” Bruder, RCNVR. (RTL-AB003)

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