Heritage Minutes

- Season 5

(2005)

In World War II, the troops in Hong Kong were the first Canadians to see combat. During an attack, Sergeant Major John Osborn of Winnipeg protected his company by throwing himself on a live grenade.

Mona Parsons was sentenced to a Nazi prison camp for helping dozens of downed Allied airmen escape.

Tommy Prince of the Brokenhead Objibway Nation is one of the most decorated soldiers in Canada's history.

Canadian General Arthur Currie leads Allied forces to Canada's most significant victory of World War I (1917).

A young Canadian gunner stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster Bomber and dies in the attempt. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery.

After WWII, veterans confronted a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing.

General Jacques Dextraze of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force rescued a group of hostages from the Katangan rebels in the Congo.

On the evening of D-Day, musician and broadcaster Johnny Lombardi boosts morale on the edge of a Normandy Beach.