Quebecois infantryman of Canada Le Regiment de la Chaudiere embark from HMCS Prince David (F89) Juno Beach D-Day Operation Overlord) Bernières-sur-Mer Normandy France 6 June 1944 by Donovan Thorndike.
An unidentified infantryman of Le Régiment de la Chaudière, 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, preparing to disembark from HMCS Prince David off the Normandy beachhead, France, 6 June 1944. Note that his Enfield is in a protective plastic bag. Starting with D-Day, the would earn 19 battle honors for WWII, fighting its way across Northwest Europe for the next 10 months. PD-360. LAC 3202207