Episodes

  • A Farmer Goes to War with Darin MacDonald

    A Farmer Goes to War with Darin MacDonald
    Jul 26 2023
    Preston Duncan Campbell was several months shy of his 25th birthday when he became one of nearly 300 casualties from the Algonquin Regiment between February 27th and March 10th, 1945. In this episode of Juno Beach and Beyond, his great-nephew, Darin MacDonald, tells Preston's story.
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    43 mins
  • Gauntlet to Victory with Ted Barris

    Gauntlet to Victory with Ted Barris
    Mar 28 2023
    The Battle of the Atlantic lasted 2074 days and claimed the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian merchant navy. This month on Juno Beach and Beyond, Juno Beach Centre Association Executive Director Alex Fitzgerald-Black sits down with author and historian...
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    40 mins
  • Fighting a Double War with Shantelle Browning-Morgan and Catherine MacDonald

    Fighting a Double War with Shantelle Browning-Morgan and Catherine MacDonald
    Feb 28 2023
    Wilson Brooks, Ella Jackson, and Kenneth Jacobs were all fighting a Double War against fascism and racism. This month we share the inspiring legacies of three remarkable Black Canadian Veterans.
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    35 mins
  • Facing Internment with Grace Eiko Thomson

    Facing Internment with Grace Eiko Thomson
    Jan 24 2023
    When she was 8 years old, Grace Eiko Thomson was uprooted from her home in Vancouver, BC and sent to the Minto Mines Japanese Canadian Internment Camp. She was one of an estimated 21,000 Japanese Canadians who were interned by the government during the Second World War. In this episode, Grace tells her story.
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    54 mins
  • Lifesavers and Body Snatchers with Tim Cook

    Lifesavers and Body Snatchers with Tim Cook
    Dec 6 2022
    From stretcher bearers risking their lives to save others to the collection of fallen soldiers’ body parts without their consent, military historian Tim Cook joins us to talk about Canadian medical intervention in the First World War.
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    33 mins
  • Witnesses to History Ep. 9: Patton’s Gap

    Witnesses to History Ep. 9: Patton’s Gap
    Oct 7 2022
    Todays story and excerpts come from the book titled Patton’s Gap: Mustangs Over Normandy written by Major General Richard Rohmer. Rohmer’s accounts of his time as a reconnaissance pilot during the Second World War presents an often underappreciated role that many pilots in the Air Force played in identifying key strategic targets. Timestamps 0:00 |...
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    36 mins
  • Witnesses to History Ep. 8: Battle Diary

    Witnesses to History Ep. 8: Battle Diary
    Sep 23 2022
    Written in 1994, Company Sergeant-Major Charles Cromwell Martin tells his story as a member of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada in his memoir titled Battle Diary: From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE. His story explores the events of D-Day and beyond as a leading Sergeant of A Company in the QOR, including firsthand experiences...
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    34 mins
  • Witnesses to History Ep. 7: Invasion Diaries

    Witnesses to History Ep. 7: Invasion Diaries
    Sep 2 2022
    This edition of Witnesses to History tells the story of Fred Turnbull through the words of his book “Invasion Diaries”. Fred’s role as a member of the Royal Navy’s Combined Operations led him to take part in some of the most significant landing operations in the Second World War, as well as some of those...
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    36 mins