Harry Palmer Gallery
D-Day Canadian War Veterans Gallery



Sgt Howard Bailey, MM, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.)

Mr. Bailey was a Platoon Sergeant who tells of the waterproofing necessary for invasion vehicles. Wiring was greased and exhaust pipes and air intakes extended upward so that vehicles would continue to operate in high water conditions. Mr. Bailey wears the Military Medal which he won about a month after D-Day in France. The enemy had bombed Allied vehicles, starting fires in them and using them as an aiming point for artillery fire. Sgt. Bailey put out the fires in the vehicles, (which were loaded with ammunition), and was cited for "preventing possible casualties" in the area. Further information on The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa can be found here.

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