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WWII Sailors on Leave in London: In July of 1943, four years into World War II, our dad, George K. Broatch, and two Royal Canadian Navy buddies were on leave in London, England, taking in the sights. George was just six months past his 18th birthday. Black-and-white snapshots show the three uniformed young men visiting…
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WWII Sailor in the Battle of the Atlantic: Our dad, George K. Broatch, rarely talked about his World War II service as a signalman in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). When he did, he’d often begin with: “I knew as soon as I enlisted that I’d made a terrible mistake.” What usually followed was: “And…
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A Young WWII Sailor in the Thick of it: On June 6, 1944, George Kenneth Broatch, a signalman in the Royal Canadian Navy, and about 200 shipmates were aboard the Canadian destroyer HMCS Skeena, in the English Channel. The ship’s mission was to support the Western Allies’ D-Day invasion of France…
