Major General B.M. Hoffmeister, commanding officer of the 5th Canadian Armored Division, seen in his commmand tank, nicknamed "Vancouver". The division took part in the Italian campaign; Castrocielo (about 100 kms. south-east of Rome), Italy, May 26, 1944.

Sherman named "Vancouver"

An exhausted Canadian dispatch rider named Lance-Corporal Bill Baggott catches a little sleep on his motorcycle; in the vicinity of the city of Falaise, France (approx. 20 miles south of Caen), ca.13-14 August 1944. 

Sleep where you can

By the afternoon of June 6th, Canadians had cleared the area around the beach and pushed the Germans inland. Beneath the concrete machine gun and artillery bunker defences lining the shore, wounded Canadian soldiers awaiting transfer to a Casualty Clearing Station of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) on D-Day, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Juno Beach area, 6 June 1944.
Photo Credit: Library and Archives Canada 