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by Lynn-Philip, Hodgson
The above is just one of many
letters that went back and forth at Camp - X between the Commanding Officer,
A.T. Roper-Caldbeck and Major-General Constantine.
Camp - X
Other Related Material
by Lynn-Philip, Hodgson
The above is just one of many
letters that went back and forth at Camp - X between the Commanding Officer,
A.T. Roper-Caldbeck and Major-General Constantine.
Camp - X
Lieut.-Col. William Ewart Fairbairn-Camp Chief Instructor 1941-42 Picture, compliments of Robert Stuart: The Robert Stuart Aviation Museum. Robert Stuart has provided pictures to a number of authors including 'The True Intrepid' by Bill Mc Donald and 'Camp - X' by David Stafford.
The following poem was written by my old friend Eric Curwain (a.k.a. Bill Simpson), June 6, 1979, 35 years to the day after 'D' Day. Eric was the brains behind the recruitment of most of the staff and agents who would be trained at Camp - X and go on to their most dangerous missions behind enemy lines.Shortly before his death, Eric asked me to put his poem to good use. I cannot think of a better place than in my book where Eric plays such a prominent role..
The older sons of Canada
look down on Juno Beach:
They see the grieving men in prayer
and read the heart of each.
On Juno Beach they see the men
who landed at their side,
but were not called upon to sink
in sand or sullen tide.
And to the east there stands the
stone
that marks the Vimy field,
where men had fought a thousand
days
and never thought to yield.
Those Vimy heroes see their sons
in Normandy today
and all three bands - pere, fils
et frere -
have common cause to pray.
For they can sense a mood of change,
of purpose unfulfilled:
they wonder if the future holds
what they had fought to build.
The men and wives from many lands
did weave our Tapestry -
let none contrive to make of it
a faded travesty.
O Canada! O Canada!
Thy patriot sons are we,
enfants de la Patrie.
Eric Curwain (a.k.a. Bill Simpson) BSC
Camp - X
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