Box predominately contains web-sourced printouts of secondary source materials on the First Special Service Force’s campaigns in the Aleutian Islands, Italy. Also contains photocopied primary source material from the Department of National Defence.
Box predominately contains First Special Service Force War Diary reports from the campaigns in Italy and France, and as well, from Fort Harrison, Montana.
Box contains audio cassette tapes of interviews with veteran members of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, conducted by Wyczynski.
Interviewees include:
- Bowman, George
- Doucette, Vernon
- Dunlap, D.M.
- Forward, Eugene
- Hopkins, Bent
- Jamieson, Joe T.
- Knoll, Peter
- Morris, Lazarus
- Mann, Charlie
- Rowe, John
- Smith, Patrick
Box predominately contains web-sourced printouts of documents and information from the Belgian senate regarding the Rwanda Crisis.
Box predominately contains photocopies of foundational military/government documents, memos, and reports pertaining to the establishment of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, their training, organization, equipment, and facilities (1942-1946). Military/government documents are primarily from the Department of National Defence, the Inter-Service Committee, the Canadian Military Headquarters, and the Royal Canadian Air Force. This box also contains a significant amount of reference information and research notes by the creators of the collection, as well as documents related to later iterations of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and its legacy in the Canadian Military.
Material pertains to audio cassettes in boxes 17 and 18.
Box contains photocopies and predominately web-sourced printouts (some original) of various accounts from veterans of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. Also contains personal files and KIA reports.
Box predominately contains photocopies of secondary sources and research materials pertaining to the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and First Special Service Force.
Consists of material relevant to:
Donald Ballantyne
Ralph Wilson Becket
Cyrille Boisse
Robert Davis
Tom Gilday
Herb Goodwin
Mark Radcliffe
Emil Eschenberg
Dick Hilton
Joe Jamieson
Ronald Mackinnnon
Jack Martin
J.D. Mitchell
Ray Routhier
John Schuetz
W.G. Sheldon
Gordon Sims
Ed Thomas
Donald J. Green
Unknown - re. Ile de Port Cros
Henley Wood
George Wright