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Article: Juno Beach: Canada in World War II: historical allied victory remembered.
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- Esprit de Corps
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- February 1, 2004
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Title: Juno Beach: Canada in World War II
Author: Pierre Landry, Jack MacFadden, Angus Scully
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Price: $24100 (softcover)
Details: 91 pp, photos, index, bibliography, also includes CD-ROM
ISBN: 1-5500-2454-X
Last year, on June 6, 1944, the 59th anniversary of D-Day, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, along with hundreds of veterans and their families, opened the Juno Beach Centre in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France. The Centre is not only a memorial dedicated to the invasion of Normandy, but also an educational facility recognizing Canada's role in World War II. A long time coming, the Juno Beach ...