Category Archives: Herm Sulkers

I would never forget because I would never forgive myself…

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

if I forgot to put this online… April 29, 1944… Herm Sulkers was on board HMCS Athaskaskan 67 years ago. He was not alone…

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Paul Sulkers paying homage to his father

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Paul Sulkers, Herm’s son, wrote me again and sent me this message… Last month, he had sent me these two beautiful pictures of HMCS Athabaskan’s crew taken in April 1944. Hi Pierre, on your site, which is such a great … Continue reading →

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Herm Sulkers and Jim L’Esperance

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Herm and Jim were often seen together in pictures I have about the HMCS Athabaskan. I know a lot because I have been searching a lot since August 2009. Herm and Jim were both made prisoners on April 29, 1944, … Continue reading →

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Stuart Kettles, Leading Writer RCNVR

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

This is the 150th article on this blog. Remember this one… Click here. Déjà vu… Click on the image to see Stuart Alexander Kettles You are asking yourself where I got this photograph. I had never seen it before. I … Continue reading →

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Eugene M. Fuller 1920-1944

Posted on December 23, 2009 by

My friend Jim L’Esperance sent me this picture among others… Eugene is on the right sitting on the gun barrel. The sailor behind him is unknown, but I could identify almost all the rest of the sailors. Jim’s father is … Continue reading →

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Nothing on the horizon… Well that’s what I thought

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

Have a very nice Thanksgiving with you loved ones… No article for the weekend There is always my blog on genealogy with Herm Sulkers’ niece Evelyn if you want to read something. If you can read French, then go and … Continue reading →

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Life in the prison camp

Posted on October 7, 2009 by

This is the text I found on Stuart A. Kettles’s Website. I will add the pictures that were sent to me by Jim L’Esperance’s son and daughter. AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY Prepared by MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT … Continue reading →

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Herman Sulkers and I both have something in common… genealogy

Posted on October 6, 2009 by

I am an amateur genealogist if you did not know. I have a blog on genealogy. My blog is in French, but I started an English version because I have found descendants of people I conducted reseach on that live … Continue reading →

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Herm Sulkers and Frank Sampson

Posted on October 4, 2009 by

I found this on the Internet… This person talks about Herm Sulkers… Until a few years ago, my family had very scant details of what happened to my Great Uncle Frank, during the sinking of the HMCS Athabaskan on April … Continue reading →

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Herm Sulker’s ceremony : a news video from France…

Posted on October 3, 2009 by

This is what a reader in France sent me this morning… It is a France 3 news broadcast. Click here and watch the video starting at 06:40min. They ask you to install a plug-in from Microsoft Media Player if you … Continue reading →

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