1944: Remembrance Day with Matthew Halton
In this 1944 Remembrance day CBC Radio broadcast, war correspondent Matthew Halton evokes the "dead and the damned battalions," reflects that "there'll be mad dogs again in the future," and urges listeners "this time, let's not break faith."
On this day in 1944 -- as the Second World War was finally winding down -- the great Canadian war correspondent Matthew Halton filed this report.
Earlier that autumn he'd made a pilgrimage to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, commemorating Canadian soldiers from the previous World War.
But here on this Remembrance Day is Matthew Halton with his thoughts from seven decades ago.