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Dieppe, August 19, 1942: The Story of John Arsenault

Chapter Six

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Chapter Six focuses on the story of John Arsenault, from Adamsville, New Brunswick, describing his time with the Royal Canadian Engineers in the 7th Field Company, the failed storming of Dieppe, France in 1942, his capture by the Germans, time and treatment as a prisoner of war, being moved to Upper Silesia, to work in the Stalag VIIIb camp, treatment and hunger, and his 27 months as a captive.

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Ronald Cormier

A resident of Dieppe, New Brunswick, Ronald Cormier is the author of J’ai vécu la guerre (published in English as The Forgotten Soldiers), Entre bombes et barbelés, Les Acadiens et la Seconde Guerre mondiale, and Bombs and Barbed Wire. Cormier worked as a television producer in news and current affairs with Radio-Canada in Moncton before writing and directing four episodes of Turning Points of History for History Television about the Second World War and Korean War.