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The Royal Canadian Navy was one of the world’s largest navies at the end of the Second World War. In the Korean War, RCN ships were the first Canadian forces sent overseas and patrolled the waters around the Korean Peninsula for five years.

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Ted Shale in his Navy Band Uniform at the Vancouver's Chinese New Year's Parade, British Columbia, February 14, 2010.

Ted Shale in his Navy Band Uniform at the Vancouver's Chinese New Year's Parade, ...

Ted Shale and his crew on HMCS Ontario on their way back to Canada from Asia, 1945.

Ted Shale and his crew on HMCS Ontario on their way back to Canada from Asia, 19 ...

Graham Goodall's ship, HMCS St. Thomas in dry dock, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Spring, 1945.

Graham Goodall's ship, HMCS St. Thomas in dry dock, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Spri ...

Ice buildup on the ship, Winter, 1944-45.

Ice buildup on the ship, Winter, 1944-45.

Photo of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service.

Photo of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service.

Crew of the HMCS Arrowhead.

Crew of the HMCS Arrowhead.

Off rear end of HMCS Monnow.

Off rear end of HMCS Monnow.

Crew of HMCS Beaverton.

Crew of HMCS Beaverton.

Mr. Roger Pagé, last row second from right, with the crew from HMCS Baddeck in September, 1943.

Mr. Roger Pagé, last row second from right, with the crew from HMCS Baddeck in ...

Third Class Engineer's Writers of HMCS York, September 1943. Mr. Roger Page is in the first row, first from the right.

Third Class Engineer's Writers of HMCS York, September 1943. Mr. Roger Page is ...

Complete crew of HMCS Baddeck during wartime years.

Complete crew of HMCS Baddeck during wartime years.

Vy Connolly's husband William Connolly before his ship the <em>HMCS Athabaskan </em>was sunk in the Atlantic.

Vy Connolly's husband William Connolly before his ship the HMCS Athabaskan was s ...

Personnel of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) drilling on the parade square during initial training at <em>HMCS</em> <em>Conestoga</em>, Galt, Ontario, December 1943.
Library and Archives Canada.

Personnel of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) drilling on the ...

Writer M. McDonald of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) working in the navigation library at <em>HMCS</em> <em>Kings</em>, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 3rd, 1943. Wilma Stanley reviewed "swindle sheets" in a similar environment.

Writer M. McDonald of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS) working ...

Thomas Treherne (left) during his time as the Captain's Secretary on the <em>HMCS Ontario </em>in 1945.

Thomas Treherne (left) during his time as the Captain's Secretary on the HMCS On ...

Cable party on the forecastle of the armed merchant cruiser H.M.C.S. Prince David preparing to weigh anchor, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, February 1941.
Credit: Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-105151

Cable party on the forecastle of the armed merchant cruiser H.M.C.S. Prince Davi ...

Pictured here is the ship HMCS Kitchener (K 225), upon which Bill Cameron sailed throughout the war, as well as signatures from the ship's crew on arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1945.

Pictured here is the ship HMCS Kitchener (K 225), upon which Bill Cameron sailed ...

Bill Cameron and fellow shipmate on board HMCS Kitchener during the war.

Bill Cameron and fellow shipmate on board HMCS Kitchener during the war.

Unidentified members of The Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.), the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) and the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division (WD) on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 1943.

Unidentified members of The Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.), ...

Mr Dick is wearing his navy uniform, in the middle, taken in Brandon in circa 1942. He is standing next to his friends, Harry and Stan Fraser who were respectively in the air force and the army.

Mr Dick is wearing his navy uniform, in the middle, taken in Brandon in circa 19 ...

Barney Roberge on board the HMCS Kelowna as a Signalman, 1941.

Barney Roberge on board the HMCS Kelowna as a Signalman, 1941.

Landing party from HMCS Prince Robert preparing to disembark in Kowloon, August 1945. The landing party was bound for Sham Shui Po Camp to liberate Canadian prisoners of war.

Landing party from HMCS Prince Robert preparing to disembark in Kowloon, August ...

Japanese officer being encouraged to surrender his weapon by a sailor from HMCS Prince Robert, Hong Kong, August 1945.

Japanese officer being encouraged to surrender his weapon by a sailor from HMCS ...

Crew of the HMCS Battleford, 1943-45.

Crew of the HMCS Battleford, 1943-45.

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