And the earth that protects, receives them at last.  A French farmer, with his wife and daughter tend the freshly dug grave of a Canadian Soldier.  The soldiers head gear is nailed to the cross above his grave.  He was a member of The Canadian Scottish Regiment.  This young man would have come from Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia, the home of The Canadian Scottish Regiment.  This French family show the love, and appreciation for his sacrifice.

Dead Canadian Soldier

A Canadian soldier poses for the camera on Juno beach with captured German soldiers.  The Germans appear to be quite content with the concept that "for them the war is over"  Whether the Canadian soldier survived the war or not we will never know!

A Canadian Soldier guards Germans

This is what it is to capture a city.  This is liberation.  Canadian mop-up troops pick their way through the ruins of Caen, alert for snipers, mines, boobytraps, tripwires, falling masonry.  Not much hope of a night on the town here.