Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 141 The war was over so most of the fellows were being discharged, but not me. I still had 2 1/2 years to serve. I was transferred to Halifax, this time going aboard another destroyer, "Nootka" sailing up the St. Lawrence River to Montreal. In the winter months, we sailed to Bermuda, The Caribbean Islands and Key West, then back to Halifax. After a short time around Nova Scotia, we sailed for Hudson's Bay, and were nearly late getting back to Halifax for my wedding in October, 1948. I was discharged the next May - just eight years after I enlisted. As I read this over, it seems to be like a nice cruise that anyone would like to take. But I have left out "the not so pleasant" memories, like the ships in the convoy being torpedoes, and the friends lost on different ships. Sometimes we wouldn't have our clothes off for a week at a time, and seeing all the landing craft going into the beaches on D-Day, many of the boys never returning, and the COLD, ROUGH NORTH ATLANTIC. I consider myself pretty lucky - our ship seemed always to be at the right place at the right time. We had some close calls but no loss of life. HMCS Ontario April '45 - March '46 continued ...
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