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title: "My army days"
description: "The memories of John Marin a soldier in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada."
url: "https://www.normandy1944.info/blog/ww2-books/my-army-days"
date: "2026-07-28T12:34:46+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

##  My army days

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###  Author: John A. Marin

 Book specifics

- Nationality: Canadian
- Book form: Softcover
- Pages: 130
- 2520 views of this book

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 [ Story on this website! ](https://www.normandy1944.info/stories/john-a-marin)

After enjoying twelve years of retirement and just loafing around, I decided to take the plunge and learn how to use the computer. Tiring of playing solitaire and chess, I learned to type using the two-finger style. What to type? The idea came to me that some of my nieces and nephews might like to discover what I did during the war years. This then is the story of those exciting and scary days. I also wanted to mention some of the friends that I made along the road. They made it easy for me to get along in a few dangerous situations. This book is also a part of their war years

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