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Roderick (Rod) Donald MacCuspey - Section 4

This section contains three photos pertaining to Rod MacCuspey and the Cape Breton Highlanders in Northwest Europe just after the end of World War 2.

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Rod MacCuspey in a Jeep

Cape Breton Highlanders

Bolsward, Holland

Circa Summer, 1945

The Cape Breton Highlanders were billetted in Bolsward from July to November, 1945. The war was over. Rod MacCuspey's writing on the reverse of the original photo identifies the jeep as the eighth and last one he drove during the war. The number 62 on the jeep was the unit number for the Cape Breton Highlanders.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  16-5 (1-6.2)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Alfred Woodworth, Enfield, NS, 2016
 


Dutch House

1945

Rod MacCuspey's writing on the back of the original photo reads "Our room in this house. Holland". The house may be in Bolsward.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  16-5 (1-4.2)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Alfred Woodworth, Enfield, NS, 2016
 


Unidentified Cape Breton Highlander

Outside Berlin, Germany

1945

The caption on the reverse of the original photo reads "Cooking our dinner outside Berlin, Germany, 1945." Although the Cape Breton Highlanders as a unit were not near Berlin, some men from the unit were allowed to travel through parts of Germany.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  16-5 (1-3.2)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Alfred Woodworth, Enfield, NS, 2016
 

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