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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
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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
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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