On Tuesday of this week, I spent a very
enjoyable couple of hours with Harold Finnegan in the Lynn Valley Legion, North
Vancouver, BC. Harold is a Korean War veteran. He was with Lord Strathcona’s
Horse in the “Land of the Morning Calm” from August 1950 until May 1952. I am
always interested in meeting veterans, whichever service they did their time
in. But not only was Harold with the Straths, he was in C Squadron—the same
squadron in which my father served in World War I.
It was with some trepidation that
I presented Harold with a copy of Soldier
of the Horse, my novel about the Canadian cavalry in the Great War and
asked him to comment on it. I was very gratified when I received an email two
days later:
“All I can say about your novel is "WOW"
I lived Tom's experience and couldn't put it down,
finished it Thursday evening.”
Many thanks to Harold. More about him soon in "Forces With History".
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It seems you never know where "Soldier" will lead you.
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