My research of wartime history began initially in preparation of stage and video scripts. Between 1992 and 2008 twenty-three stage and video presentations reflected wartime themes and were designed not only to teach military and wartime history but the many lessons which can be learned from examining the challenges faced by ordinary men and women who served their country during the years of conflict. The scripts were all based in reality; they came from real stories and events as told by Veterans themselves, war brides, and civilians who lived through the war years. Many of the stories examined the struggles faced by soldiers, sailors, airmen, and civilians during wartime, and included: • the Wartime History of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia • Basic Training Camp 60 (Canadian Infantry) • East Camp (Yarmouth NS) - Telegraphist Air Gunner Training • West Camp (Yarmouth NS) • HMCS Chebogue • The Channel Dash • Dunkirk • Dieppe • D-Day, Normandy • Battle at Caen (Canadians) • Canadian Corvettes- -The Sicily and Italy Campaign • the Fall of Hong Kong • Canadian and the Guns at Calais • Royal Navy Pacific Fleet • Attack at Palambang • Stories of Telegraphist Air Gunners • Stories of Wartime Dover and Deal, Kent England • Canadian Internment of Japanese Canadians • The Death Camps - Polish Jews • Wartime Romances • Canadian and Australian War Brides • Individual Stories and Letters of Specific Veterans The Selected Stories below are both stories from scripts and from the pages on the Wartime Heritage website. Some stories can be a mix of actual events and ones from my imagination. Characters may be fictional or based on real people. Where stories are based upon specific individuals or events from the website there will be a link to a page on the website. All the stories are meant to remember the events and the men and women of the war years - a commitment to keep alive wartime history. George Egan

World War I

World War II

World War II / Telegraphist Air Gunners / Korean War

Selected Stories - Wartime Heritage