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Kitsilano Beach, 1943

City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 586-1214. Photo Coltman, Don Steffens Colmer. 1943 Kitsilano Beach Canadian commandos race onto Kitsilano Beach in 1943, rehearsing for the day that enemies might attack.

 City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 586-1214. Photo Coltman, Don Steffens Colmer.City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 586-1214. Photo Coltman, Don Steffens Colmer.

1943

Kitsilano Beach

Canadian commandos race onto Kitsilano Beach in 1943, rehearsing for the day that enemies might attack. However, as the threat seemed to recede, local defenses were reduced so that trained personnel could join the real fight happening in Europe.

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