The 1st Canadian Parachute Bn jumped into Normandy on D-Day as part of 6th British Airborne Division. They fought with distinction for the rest of the North-West Europe campaign, making a second combat jump at the Rhine crossings in March 1945, and fighting in Holland until VE-Day. In the post-war years the Canadian SAS and the Mobile Striking Force maintained an airborne capability, formalized in 1968 with the raising of a Canadian Airborne Regt, which later served overseas in Cyprus and Somalia. Since its disbandment in 1995 a parachute capability has been maintained by companies of light infantry units – Royal 22e Regt, Princess Patricia’s, and Royal Canadian Regt – which served against the Taliban and al-Quaida in Afghanistan, 2002–03. This book details the fascinating and proud history of the Canadian Airborne Regiments.

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Don Cherry read the book and said, “Sandstorms, killer heat, sneak suicide attacks, rotten food, bites from five-foot snakes, death of buddies, can’t tell the enemy from friends – a tough and deadly war, yet Blatchford shows how our troops soldier on with no complaints. You will be involved in conversations with the troops that could only be gathered first hand. This book will open your eyes to this brutal war and it is worthy of our brave young men and women.  It is a tough book written by a tough broad who tells it like it is. I could not put the book down.”

You can read an excerpt from the book in the Globe & Mail that talks about Gomez’s death and mentions that he was in the Airborne Regiment.

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Canada is in a state of political suffering and turmoil. Quebec has seceded, and the French Ambassador to Canada and the president of Quebec’s top aide have been taken as political hostages. These events set the stage for St. Michael’s Orphans, a complex, intriguing novel about a military and political conflict that could threaten Canada’s very survival. Die-hard separatists are infuriated by land agreements under negotiation between the Quebec government and Quebec Cree natives, who insist they are still Canadian. In an effort to ensure Quebec remains independent from Canada, these separatists create a conflict for Canada under the guise of a terrorist group. Canada is in dire need of help, but who will they turn to without relying on international intervention?

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She needs to have her proofreading be completed before mid-August, if the book is to come out this year. If you think you would be interested in helping, please write to her at linda@commando.org

Linda has worked with numerous serving and retired Airborne soldiers to make the book as accurate as possible and to ensure that she portrays the Airborne as a highly professional military unit. She is at the last stage now and needs your help to get it to print, so if you have the time, give her a hand.