Re: A Veteran's Day story

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 12, 2005 at 03:12:31 from (216.208.58.176):

In Reply to: A Veteran's Day story posted by Michael Soldan on November 11, 2005 at 06:07:53:

Michael: I can relate to your story, however being a native of Nova Scotia, most of the experiences I've heard are navel stories. It is well documented that Nazis U boats were very close to the Nova Scotia coast during most of the war. There is evidence they even tried to enter Halifax Harbour, and were probably in some of the lesser known harbours along the coast. Whether they planned on invading, or were they just trying to interfere with convoys out of Halifax still remains a question.

I remember being at an annual farm meeting, in the early 1970s. The guest speaker, a farm leader from British Columbia, at a jam session in hotel after official meeting, met some Nova Scotians, he had served along side in Navy during the war. These guys talked about an accident off Nova Scotia, involving British, American and Canadian Navel Ships. These guys did not elaborate much, other than I do know numerous lives were lost, and it was a case of mistaken identity. Clearly the Nazis were trying to bring the war to the shores of North America.

Having been born, 60 miles north of Halifax in 1942, I don't remember a lot about the war and military exercises in the area. My first recolection of the war was probably about 1947 or 48, going to Halifax with my parents. We traveled Route 2, which incidently runs all the way from Halifax to Windsor ON, and built during the early 1940s. To many rural Canadians that was the first paved road. It's construction time frame was also sped up as a result of the war.

One of the sights I vividly remember on that day was the massive amount of navel ships parked in Bedford Basin. Bedford Basin being about 15 miles long and 1 to 2 miles wide, at the head of Halifax Harbour. There was so much military hardware parked there you could not see water only on the shoreline along Route 2. I'm told by guys in the Navy, you could actually walk from one ship to another, they were packed in so tight. It was quite an impressive sight for a young 5 year old.

Follow Ups:

• Re: A Veteran's Day story Rudi 07:34:47 11/12/05 (3)
  • Re: A Veteran's Day story Hugh MacKay 12:59:30 11/12/05 (2)
    • Re: A Veteran's Day story Rudi 15:41:59 11/12/05 (1)
      • Re: A Veteran's Day story Hugh MacKay 16:20:35 11/12/05 (0)

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