One Family's War: The Wartime Letters of Clarence Bourassa, 1940-1944For half a century a box had lain undisturbed, buried under years of accumulated clutter in the back room of a house. The contents of the box: stacks of letters, neatly bundled in chronological order, four years' worth. The letter writer was Clarence Bourassa who had enlisted with the South Saskatchewan Regiment in March 1940. Clarence's son, Rollie, had never known of the letters' existence. His mother, to whom the letters were written, had never spoken of them. Then, in 1995, Rollie discovered the letters and he came to know the father who had never returned from war. The correspondence reveals the fear, hunger, fatigue, and loneliness of Clarence's wartime experience. His firsthand account of his participation in the disastrous Dieppe Raid makes the book a valuable historical document and a major contribution to Canada's military history. |
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1941 Dear Mummy afternoon airmail anyway asked awful lot awfully band big hug Bourassa boys Bretteville-Sur-Laize bye-bye darling Camp Shilo Canada Canadian Army Overseas cigarettes cigs Clarence Canadian Army Clarence P.S. Clarence's cold Daddy P.S. Dale Hill dance darned Dear Hazel Easter card enjoy everything feel getting going Gosh grand Gravesend guess hear Hello Darling Hello Mummy hope hubby hug and kiss keep kiddies Lafleche last letter last night leave lonely lonesome look love and kisses Manitoba March miss months Moose Jaw morning mother Murray nice orchestra Ovilla parcel picture play plenty pretty rain Rollie ROLLIE'S NOTE Sask Saskatchewan scheme Seaford sent sleep smokes snaps soon South Saskatchewan Regiment Southfleet stay Sunday suppose sure sweetheart swell tell terribly Thanks things tonight wait week Weyburn worry Xmas yesterday