Guarding Newfoundland is a 24-hour-a-day job

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Guarding Newfoundland is a 24-hour-a-day job

Date4/11/1942

Names

Malak (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Guarding Newfoundland is a 24-hour-a-day job. The defenders remove their boots; but sleep with their cartridge belts. Sergeant Savard of Coaticook; Que.; counts his cartridges before the tucks himself into bed.

Subject

Armed Forces

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002144F

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