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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...
Private Len Saunders was a soldier in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. He came from Parry Sound, Ontario.
He qualified as a parachutist on 11 September, 1943 and became part of HQ Company. He was pictured on a promotional image of the "first Canadians in France", but was captured in Normandy and sent to Stalag 4C in German-occupied Czechoslovakia.
He survived the war and died on July 24, 1994.
Service History
- 1943 1st (Canadian) Parachute Battalion (Private)
