On too many occasions fate has intervened in TLBP where a veteran, having agreed to sign, has sadly passed away before the book could be presented for signature. Ironically, today’s post – a successful entry [Read more]
The awful legacy of the V-1 Bomb is something that US Army nurse, Mrs. Marcella LeBeau neé Ryan remembers all too well. Along with TLBP signatories, Les Grafton and Madame Colette Marin-Catherine, this devastating new [Read more]
Over 10,000 service men and women from the colonial Caribbean signed up to defend the UK against the might of Germany. The Caribbean at war may have been a tiny number compared to say Canada [Read more]
Cyril Devaux earnes his Pilot’s Flying Badge at No. 3 S.F.T.S Calgary on October 27th 1944. At the time he is unaware of the acquaintance with Tiger Moth N9151 he is about to make. The [Read more]
Douglas King-Lee was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF) in November 1944. During WWII, the Indian Air Force (IAF) played an instrumental role in halting the Japanese advance in Burma. [Read more]
Mr Todd DePastino and the VBC (Veterans Breakfast Club) has given so much support to TLBP that I am almost embarrassed, hopefully his viewers are not tired of hearing about it. Thankfully the focus is [Read more]
One iconic image from D-day is one of beached LSTs on Omaha beach. Floating above the ships are silver oval shaped balloons as military vehicles drives off the LSTs. These balloons are known as “barrage [Read more]
One of the things that intrigues me about WWII is the idea of the “other side” of the story. The experience from the adversary’s perspective, or perhaps from a third neutral party. Within the mass [Read more]
On September 13th Nick Devaux appeared on Veterans Breakfast Club Greatest Generation. He spoke about The Log Book and how this initiative started. Please do not miss The Log Book signer Mr Larry Kirby’s story [Read more]
The Log Book Project was featured on a Greatest Generation LIVE session hosted by Veterans Breakfast on ZOOM. Project founder Nick Devaux was interviewed by Todd DePastino giving a brief overview of the project. Also [Read more]
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