![Fighting was intense in the towns and villages behind Juno Beach. Here, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division soldiers defend their position in a French town. Three of the soldiers are equipped with Lee Enfield Mk I rifles while the soldier at right is firing a Bren .303 Mk II machine gun.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Canada011-e1659040343944-760x428.jpg)
Special Service Brigade
Soldiers of Juno: The Canadian Invasion of Normandy
By Dorothy BrothertonAs John Wesley Pointon jumped into the cold English Channel water with the Royal Canadian 7th Brigade Signal Corps and struggled with a heavy radio strapped to his back toward the beach that was being torn apart by shot and shell, the farm boy from Saskatchewan tried to make his mind go blank. Read more