CP24.com readers were asked to share their Remembrance Day stories with us, whether they participated in the war or grew up with a loved one in service. These are their memories and the photos that have defined their experience.
Memories
My grandfather was in WWII and he was captured in a German POW camp after his plane broke in two and he fell out.
He lived through the experience by somehow opening up his parachute while unconscious and got caught on a chimney in Poland.
The people who owned the house had to give him up and he was put into a Polish German POW camp. After that he lived on bread and water for 9 months and then woke up to an empty camp when the war has ended.
Once he got home he lived until January 18th, 2006. He was a great man and great grandfather.
Sincerely,
Robert Kubbinga
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