White Ensign Flying has been reviewed in several national and international magazines and journals. Below is a list of the various professional reviews to be published. REVIEWS The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord -Canadian Nautical Research Society -“Ships lend themselves to biographical studies as readily as people. Roger Litwiller’s White Ensign Flying, a scholarly but highly readable […]
10 Foot Model of RCN WWII Corvette TRENTONIAN
Yesterday I was fortunate to spend the day with Bill Cullen and his wife Sandra at their home outside Gananoque, Ontario. Bill is truly a Master Model Shipwright.Bill has built a scale model of the Royal Canadian Navy corvette, HMCS TRENTONIAN. The model is incredible, at 1/20 scale it measures an impressive 10 feet and […]
Can We Be Patriotic
I was approached by a lady, following I lecture I gave in Belleville, Ontario, recently. The comment she gave, surprised me, “You have the ability to inspire patriotism.” My first thought on hearing her say this was WOW! Since them, I have been trying to understand why she might feel this way. I have gone […]
Just Tell The Story -The Best Advice I Ever Received
White Ensign Flying started as a research project to tell the history of HMCS TRENTONIAN to the cadets of the Navy League Corps named for the ship, NLCC Trentonian in Trenton. I was very disappointed by the lack of published material on this WWII corvette. So I started to dig, beginning with the local archives […]
Finding the Perfect Place to Write
My most recent book, White Ensign Flying -The Story of HMCS TRENTONIAN has taken me on a twelve year journey of research, exploration and personal growth. When I started this project I was a single father with my three children living with me full time. This limited the amount of time I could spend on […]
Writing History -Get it right or else!
I learned a valuable lesson from an anonymous veteran about writing history. While preparing to write White Ensign Flying I decided it would be in my best interest to have some writing credentials when the time came to approach a publisher. One of the resources I pursued was to write an article for the local […]
White Ensign Flying -My Inspiration
I often wondered what inspired an author to write a book. What gave the author the drive to dedicate so many hours of research, investigation and ultimately telling the story. For me, White Ensign Flying became a story that I had to tell and quickly became a labour of passion. It has taken me over […]
HMCS KINGSTON Presented With Copy of Roger’s Book
On Friday 12 July 2013, Roger Litwiller was invited to a reception and luncheon on board HMCS KINGSTON, following the ships arrival at Kingston, Ontario. Roger presented the crew of KINGSTON with a signed and dedicated copy of his book, “Warships of the Bay of Quinte.” Currently KINGSTON is the only ship in the Canadian […]
Roger’s Research Contributes to Canadian Naval Memorial in London, ON.
Roger’s research on the Royal Canadian Navy ship, HMCS TRENTONIAN for his soon to be released book “White Ensign Flying” has been able to contribute to the Memorial Project of the Naval Reserve Unit in London, Ontario, HMCS PREVOST. The Memorial was launched during the 100th Anniversary of the RCN in 2010. A series of […]
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