Infantry Training Manual and New Testament
This Infantry Training Manual and copy of the New Testament were given to me by my Grandfather when I was a little boy. I didn’t understand their significance at the time, and put them away in a shoe box since my parents told me “they were important”. Now that I am older, I understand how important these items are to my family’s history and what they meant to my Grandfather. These two books, a Bible and an Infantry Training Manual for War, were standard Canadian issued materials during the Second World War. My Grandfather kept these books on his person during the entire war, and thankfully came back home following WWII. Although I didn’t get to hear many of my Grandfather’s overseas stories first hand, his memory lives on through the stories from my parents and I think of him, and all the other men and women who have served our country every year on November 11th. Lest we forget.
Infantry Training Manual and New Testament
This Infantry Training Manual and copy of the New Testament were given to me by my Grandfather when I was a little boy. I didn’t understand their significance at the time, and put them away in a shoe box since my parents told me “they were important”. Now that I am older, I understand how important these items are to my family’s history and what they meant to my Grandfather. These two books, a Bible and an Infantry Training Manual for War, were standard Canadian issued materials during the Second World War. My Grandfather kept these books on his person during the entire war, and thankfully came back home following WWII. Although I didn’t get to hear many of my Grandfather’s overseas stories first hand, his memory lives on through the stories from my parents and I think of him, and all the other men and women who have served our country every year on November 11th. Lest we forget.