Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 29 Joseph “Alcide” LeBlanc 101 year old veteran Joseph “Alcide” LeBlanc: The Longest Serving Yarmouth Gunner (Ret’d) World War II veteran Joseph “Alcide” LeBlanc and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 155 Wedgeport, NS member was presented with a Regimental (artillery) Scroll making him the Longest Serving Yarmouth NS Gunner (Ret’d). Mr. LeBlanc was awarded this title by the Yarmouth 84th Independent Field Battery Royal Canadian Artillery on his 101 birthday March 21, 2021. Photo shows Mr. LeBlanc at Veterans Place holding the scroll with a Royal Regiment coin in the corner. Mr. LeBlanc was a 25 pounder artillery gunner in the 4th Field Regiment of the 2nd Division, Canadian Army. He landed in Normandy, France shortly after D-Day. He and his unit fought heavily for three weeks against the Germans in Caen, Normandy, which was 70% destroyed. He was also a batman to the Captain who decided where the artillery should be aimed. Two previous drivers and a Captain were killed. He fought against the Germans for over 11 months from Normandy to near Berlin where he was on May 8, 1945, the Victory in Europe Day. He also served as a peacekeeper for three months in Germany. In 2014 he received the French Medal of Honour that was instituted in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte to thank his best soldiers. He also received the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Normandy medal. He was born in Wedgeport, NS. Joseph “Alcide” LeBlanc passed away in Yarmouth on September 3, 2021.
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