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

A wounded crewman of the German submarine U-845 disembarking from H.M.C.S. ST. LAURENT en route to hospital; March 27, 1944.  
   On 14 February 1944, German submarine U-845 was spotted and depth-charged by H.M.C.S. St. Laurent. When the U-boat surfaced late at night, she was attacked by St. Laurent and three other escorts, the H.M.C.S. Swansea, H.M.C.S. Owen Sound and H.M.S. Forester, with artillery, killing the captain and the bridge crew, as well as the crew servicing the AA guns. The rest of the crew survived the attack and was picked up by the escorts. Swansea picked up 23, Forester 17, and St. Laurent here, five men.


Rescued crewman

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.