Military Tour Blog

To View this blog on video instead of reading – click here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1CLpkdieU   Due to the types of warfare taking place prior to WW1 helmets were not at all like what we use in today’s times. Made of cloth or leather they did little to help protect the head during battle. Think of the […]

 Harry Winther was born on October 22, 1918 in Tversted, Denmark, on a farm that has remained in the Winther family since 1600. His family immigrated to Ostenfeld, Manitoba in 1927, where they began farming. Harry volunteered for the Canadian army in 1940, serving first with the Winnipeg Light Infantry and then with the Saskatoon […]

Continuation of the War Journal of Corporal Harry Winther  Going Overseas On February 4, 1943 we entrained for Halifax and went aboard the Empress of Scotland along with 4000 RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) and 1500 Army troops. My group was billeted on E-deck below the water line, a great place to get sea-sick. On […]

Continuation of the War Journal of Corporal Harry Winther Cork Forest Before being sent to Sicily my contingent spent some time in North Africa. On June 27, 1943 we were warned for draft, everything was very secret, we were confined to camp for a few days, not allowed to communicate with the outside world. We […]

Continuation of the War Journal of Corporal Harry Winther San Leonardo December 8, 1943. This morning we were camped on a plateau overlooking the Sangro River Valley, this is quite a wide valley. We can see the enemy breakfast fires across the river. We are out of range from the machine gun fire but an […]