Orison Corcoran

Home Town: Thunder Bay, Ontario Conflict: World War II Branch: Army

  • Orison Corcoran received this letter from his mother in June of 1944, notifying him that his brother, John, had been killed while serving with the Navy.
  • Invasion currency Mr. Corcoran collected during his travels through Europe with the Canadian Army. This selection of currency was for France, Belgium and Holland.
  • Photo of Mr. Corcoran's brother, John, who served on the HMCS Givenchy before he was killed on April 4, 1944, at the age of 19.
  • Photo from the Evening News that ran on July 12, 1945. Mr. Corcoran was among the 7000 Canadians aboard the Queen Mary when it docked in New York carrying 14,474 armed forces personnel.
  • Mr. Corcoran found this snapshot on the ground at an abandoned Nazi airbase in Holland.
Orison Corcoran received this letter from his mother in June of 1944, notifying him that his brother, John, had been killed while serving with the Navy. Orison Corcoran
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