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The Death March: The Story of Léo Vienneau

Chapter Nine

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Chapter Nine focuses on the story of Léo Vienneau from Caraquet Island, New Brunswick, describing his time with the riflemen of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, time as a corporal with B Company, time as a prisoner of war in Upper Silesia at Stalag VIIIb, the harsh living conditions, mining coal and being worked to death, and the Allied victory and liberation in 1945.

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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.