

By Herb Kugel
On June 7, 1944, D+1, two volunteer Canadian 3rd Division, 9th Infantry Brigade regiments, the North Nova Scotia Highlanders (the North Novas) and the 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (the Sherbrooke Fusiliers)—together with volunteer units from the Camerons of Ottawa and Forward Observers from the 14th Field Regiment—fought an important but now generally forgotten battle in Normandy.
Forgotten or not, the outcome of this battle can be considered to be a significant factor in
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The best thing would have been to leave him in prison for the remainder of his life.Death seems like the best option at the time but putting a man in a solitary jail cell, with very limited options, would,seem to me,be a more damaging sentence.Sitting day after day staring at a wall with nothing to do would drive anyone “nuts”.Even today,2021,Canadian courts are to lenient in my opinion..!!!