Heritage Minutes

Season 5

2005 · 8 episodes · 0h 8m in all

Episodes

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   1. Osborn of Hong Kong

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   In World War II, the troops in Hong Kong were the first Canadians to see combat. During an attack, Sergeant Major John Osborn of Winnipeg protected his company by throwing himself on a live grenade.

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   2. Mona Parsons

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   Mona Parsons was sentenced to a Nazi prison camp for helping dozens of downed Allied airmen escape.

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   3. Tommy Prince

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   Tommy Prince of the Brokenhead Objibway Nation is one of the most decorated soldiers in Canada's history.

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   4. Vimy Ridge

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   Canadian General Arthur Currie leads Allied forces to Canada's most significant victory of World War I (1917).

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   5. Andrew Mynarski

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   A young Canadian gunner stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster Bomber and dies in the attempt. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery.

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   6. Home from the Wars

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   After WWII, veterans confronted a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing.

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   7. Dextraze in the Congo

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   General Jacques Dextraze of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force rescued a group of hostages from the Katangan rebels in the Congo.

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   8. Juno Beach

   1 Jan 2005 · 1 min

   On the evening of D-Day, musician and broadcaster Johnny Lombardi boosts morale on the edge of a Normandy Beach.