Preface Quotes

we not only wish to be pleased, but to be pleased in that particularway in which we have been accustomed to be pleased.

William Wordsworth

Although much has been written of the exploits of Canadians who answered the call to arms in World Wars I and II, nothing has been written about the young men who flocked to join the Cold War. Thanks to Canada's menacing presence, Russia has never invaded Germany.tThe author menaced Russia, as a fighter pilot based in NATO Europe during the 1950s. Much of the material herein is derived from his diaries of that period. Some names have been changed to protect the guilty. Accounts have been embellished. No harm or libel is intended. The harm is to the author's self-image. The diaries reveal that he was brash and intolerant. He considers it one of life's miracles that his friends put up with him.

R.J. Childerhose

Ignorance and its denial will, sad to say, lead us down the same road as it did in all past history.