In November of 2003, I posted an ad in the Canadian Legion News, looking for WW II soldiers who had served with Ernie Phair. Among the replies I received was this anonymous note.
I later learned that it had been sent by the wife of John MacLean on his behalf. In the ad, I had included my e-mail address——which might explain his willingness to share what he did.
Included with this note was a newspaper article documenting his experience at Tilly, but that too had been stripped of any information that might identify the source!
John directed his family to get in touch with me after he passed away, which is how I learned all this and how I obtained the pictures of him during the war and as a veteran.
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