Thank You, Mr. McCallum. (744 hits)
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Submitted by shitfuck (View user info) at 2007-09-04 18:56:20 EDT
Sylvester McCallum
Canadian Army 1943-1946
My name is Sylvester McCallum. While I was in the service I was referred to as Mac or Red and later in civilian life I was referred to as Bus. I was born 10 January 1926 in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia to a family consisting of five boys and five girls.
I joined the military 17 November 1943 at the ripe age of seventeen.
I took my Basic Training in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and transferred for Advanced Training in Aldershot just outside of Kentville, Nova Scotia.
On the 7th of May 1944 I was shipped overseas on the Ill de France, and we landed in England approximately seven days later.
On D-Day 6 June 1944, I landed on Juno Beach Normandy at approximately 0610 a.m.
I was assigned to the Canadian Scottish Regiment from British Columbia, as a reinforcement to B Company 12th Platoon 3rd Division 7th Brigade. I was in the front lines traveling from Caen to Antrewpen. After crossing the Leopold Canal, on 8 October 1944, I was wounded. And the story of how I was wounded is rather a funny tale.
You see we were on the run and the Germans had us pinned down in a little bunch of trees.
One of our guys got shot and he was crying and said he couldn't walk so I picked him up over my back and took to running with him. Then I got hit in the leg and shoulder and when I fell to the ground the guy I was carrying took off running! But nevertheless, I got out alive and was transferred to a hospital in England.
After I recovered, I took several related courses in England, preparing to go to the Pacific.
I was shipped back to Canada on the Ill de France on 5 August 1945 for leave, prior to going to the Pacific.
Peace, however, was declared 8 August 1945.
After my leave I was assigned to Aldershot, Nova Scotia, then transferred to Debert, Nova Scotia. I was discharged from theservice on 1 March 1946, end of demobilization, in Halifax.
I enjoyed touring England back then, but I don't wish to remember or talk about the bad times.
I married the girlfriend I had before going overseas. We've been married for 58 years.
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Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2007-10-16 17:34:08 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Val (user info) at 2007-10-16 17:01:09 EDT (#)
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do we hate each other? i don't remember.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2007-09-25 15:42:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-09-04 23:11:01 EDT (#)
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fuck my mouth
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2007-09-05 11:36:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-09-05 09:36:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-09-04 23:11:01 EDT (#)
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fuck my mouth
Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2007-09-04 22:55:54 EDT (#)
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I dug this.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:57:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:16:24 EDT (#)
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Run Forrest, run!
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:41:51 EDT (#)
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I'm assuming this is a tribute to someone I don't know about...but even if I did know them, this read like an oral report from a mildly intelligent sixth grader.
I'm just saying...
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:16:24 EDT (#)
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Run Forrest, run!
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:16:01 EDT (#)
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I really want to understand this. Not sure why. Anyway, I don't. Plus 2 I'm usually slow about these things.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:08:20 EDT (#)
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Jack McCallum's dad?
Submitted by Empathetic (user info) at 2007-09-04 20:00:14 EDT (#)
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Fuck Uniter.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-09-04 19:37:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DeadToast (user info) at 2007-09-04 19:05:31 EDT (#)
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HOLY JESUS FUCK! I love 50's Christianity propaganda!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-09-04 19:02:30 EDT (#)
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Indeed.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-09-04 19:02:25 EDT (#)
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real gangsta ass niggas dont flex nuts, cuz real gangsta ass niggas know they got 'em.