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Cpl. F. G. Toppy Topham, Beresford Ave., a medical corpsman with the 1st Canadian Paratroop battalion, had lots to say about the fear of flak when he (...)
Cpl. F. G. Toppy Topham, Beresford Ave., a medical corpsman with the 1st Canadian Paratroop battalion, had lots to say about the fear of flak when he (...)

Cpl. F. G. Toppy Topham, Beresford Ave., a medical corpsman with the 1st Canadian Paratroop battalion, had lots to say about the fear of flak when he (...)

Date6/22/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cpl. F. G. Toppy Topham, Beresford Ave., a medical corpsman with the 1st Canadian Paratroop battalion, had lots to say about the fear of flak when he arrived in Canada on the He de France. It's a bad dream, he said. The real worry is flak. The though
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
    Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
    Object NumberTSPA_0085097F
    Two Toronto V.C. winners met today at Christie St. hospital. Paratrooper C Toppy Topham, who won his decoration as medical orderly east of the Rhine. (...)
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    11/10/1945
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    Cordero, Angel
    10/23/1977
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    Toronto Star (Firm)
    5/19/1936
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    Canada. Canadian Army
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    Faught, Ken
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    Gay, Morris
    11/2/1977
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    1/29/1986
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