Meriel Bradford reads Archie MacNaughton's last letter home

Meriel Bradford reads the last letter home by Maj. Archie MacNaughton of New Brunswick's North Shore Regiment, written the day before D-Day, June 5, 1944.

A 47 year-old veteran of World War 1, and the married father of two children, he didn't need to be at D-Day. He gave his life there.

Archie MacNaughton's D-Day story is the subject of this excellent Historica #HeritageMinute
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Meriel Bradford is the daughter of Canadian D-Day planner, Gen Ted Beament.
This reading is from the "Letters in a Time of War" Remembrance event at the Canadian War Museum, Nov. 10, 2019, featuring prominent Canadians reading letters written from the frontlines and the homefront during Canada's conflicts.

This is part of the "Letters in a TIme of War: Victory 1945" project, honouring our World War 2 veterans on this 75th Anniversary of VE and VJ Days with video readings of letters written by them during a time of desair and triumph.

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