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Students deliver ‘fresh perspective’ on PPCLI exhibit
The updated exhibit showcases a variety of items from both World Wars, the Korean War and peacekeeping missions, along with historic photos of the unit during its time in Victoria and elsewhere. Improvements offer a more detailed and chronological history of PPCLI and the three occasions it was stationed at Work Point barracks in Esquimalt. Each item on display includes a written passage identifying the item and its historical significance.
Forgotten Sailors celebrated in a new book
A new Book of Remembrance featuring Second World War Naval Reservists has enriched the list of citizen sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Operation Neptune: The RCN in support of D-Day
Paul Seguna CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum June 6 was the 79th anniversary of the most incredible amphibious operation in history. Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of Normandy that led to the liberation of Western Europe from the brutal four-year occupation of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Third Reich. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander […]
