A soccer club in the Netherlands is honouring the Canadian military on the 80th anniversary of that country’s liberation ...

there had been complaints about the shoddy supplies given to Canadian soldiers. Their boots rotted in the mud, their uniforms disintegrated and their trenching shovels were utterly useless.

Nearly 2,000 Canadian soldiers had been sent there to defend ... the commandant gave McLean a military insignia from his uniform, and said, “don’t forget me.” He still has the insignia ...