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Finding BillHenrietta T. O'Neill

Finding Bill

2009129 pages
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As a child growing up on a farm in Eastern Ontario, Henrietta listened intently to dinner table stories about her parents' lives before and after WWII, so many fascinating tales of hardship, struggle and bravery as they persevered against all odds. And she never tired of the accounts of the family legend, Bill O'Neill, a Canadian soldier who briefly stayed in her parents' tiny home in Holland during the war. Impressed by his kindness and evident bravery and sacrifice, her parents gave him a copy of their wedding portrait so he would always remember them. This chance encounter contributed to…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2013
    eBookit.com · 9781456602192
  • Other · English · 2009
    Walkerville Publishing · 129 pages · 9780978440855
BiographyHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945LiberationCanadian Personal narrativesSoldiersLibertyCanada