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Awards to NS (NB) Regt.
soldiers included six Distinguished
Service Order (DSO), seven Military
Crosses (MC), two Distinguished
Conduct Medals (DCM), and two
Military Medals (MM).

Reviews of SOLDIERS include the
following:

“Often, history books tell the
stories of the past from a bird's-eye
view of great battles, generals, and
armies. Bruce Morton's new
instalment looks at the rare and
intimate point of view of the Private George Herman Baker, NS (NB) Regt., seen prior to disembarking the
landing craft on Juno Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944.
combatants who directly impacted
the war. SOLDIERS shows the
reader the true human face of war.”
—Brandon Savage, President of the country. Their stories deserve to be Executive Director, Juno Beach
NS(NB)R Assoc., History Teacher, told.” — Gary Silliker CD – author, Centre Association
and partner with the North Shore historian, veteran
Legacy Tours Copies of SOLDIERS are
“SOLDIERS is an impressive available at Mill Cove Coffee
“SOLDIERS of the North Shore collection of biographies offering (Newcastle) and Creative Grounds
(New Brunswick) Regiment WW2 is valuable insight into a generation of (Chatham) or by contacting John
an ideal companion to Morton’s first New Brunswickers who went off to Bosma at 506-773-5271.
book One Hundred Years. This book war – many of whom never
is a valuable contribution to the returned. Bruce Morton has done a
military history of Canada on a service to Canadians by preserving
grass-roots level; for, at the end of these stories of a fading generation
the day, wars are fought by of young men through careful
individuals on behalf of their research.” — Alex Fitzgerald-Black,

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