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Hi, and Cambrai
I noticed that you're interested in Canadian military history. In that vein, you might like to check out 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, that I just wrote. It still needs to be expanded, but it's not too bad, I think. In trade, I recently found this image and uploaded it into the Commons. I see you're working on Cambrai, and this might make a great visual for that. Info on where it's from, and other bumpf can be found on the Commons site. All the best. Esseh 21:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Cam - no probs. One thing - in your last two postings to my talk page, your sig didn't link up to your userpage. Glitch in there somewhere, or are you not using the ~ ? Esseh 23:37, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

More stuff for Cambrai. Fred Banting (of insulin fame) was there, as MO with with 4th Div. See ref. here. Esseh 00:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Verrierres Ridge
Hi again Cam. Looks like your article on the Battle of Verrièrres Ridge is starting to shape up. One little niggly comment: there is an accent in "Verrièrres" that is missing throughout the article. Just one of those little things that drive me nuts. The Black Watch boys being from Montréal, I think they might approve of writing it the proper way. I have so far refrained... let me know if I can help in this small way. Oh, and I fixed the links to the Cdn Black Watch. Esseh 17:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Cam - done. And I took the liberty of editing the intro and "background" sections. Was it the 9th SS Panzer Div. (which is now red), or another 9th? I KNOW it was the 12th Panzers - under Kurt Meyer (my old Regt had folks murdered by him) - but am not familiar with the 9th. Feel free to change stuff back. Cheers. Esseh 03:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * re:CMHTF. Glad my little additions were helpful. Don't know about joining the task force, though. Frankly, my main edits are on things biological, not historical (curiously enough). I do have an interest in Canadian military history, and contribute little bits when and where I can - mostly on local (for me) formations. My next little project is going to be a short blurb on the 117th (ET) Bn, CEF. Since the Bn was short-lived, the article is likely to be, as well. Cheers, and keep up the good work. Esseh 17:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Cam. Left some notes for you on the Verrières talk page. I've found a couple more, and figured I'd put them here for you:
 * 1) Full-text article on the German perspective. And it's got aerial photos, maps and some pics.


 * 1) A full-text letter from the C/O of the RHLI re: taking the ridge.


 * 1) These on-line articles from Canadian Military History (journal).
 * I'll keep looking for pics. Esseh 21:07, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you for your kind words
Dear Cam, I would like to thank you for your kind words about my contributions. An editor always like to hear that his work is appreciated and interesting to read. Looking over your contributions, I see that you are a valued editor to the project. Good work, and good luck! Anonymous Dissident Utter 22:33, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your question
As far as I am aware, the casualty figures for First Army include those for the Canadian Corps - the numbers seem to add up correctly, at any rate. Carom 22:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Old Regiment
Hi Cam. Been busy, so I haven't had time to check on things lately. My old regiment was the Sherbrooke Hussars. During the 2nd War they were known as the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, and were the armoured support for the North Novas from D-Day through to V-E day. If you look at the recent (big red) book on the history of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, the cover photo is a Sher Fus Sherman tank in the ruins of Caen. Hope that helps. (Everyone remembers the grunts, nobody remembers the zipperheads were there, too!) Esseh 01:25, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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RE:Summer Assessment Drive
Thanks for your comment, and your invovlement in the assessment drive. You picked a very good, and easy ;) place to start. I still need to post the message I posted on your talk page on over 200 other talk pages. If you want to help with this please leave a note on my talk page, it would be greatly appreciated. -- Psych less Type  words! 01:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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Request
Hi Cam. I noticed your age on your userpage, and it's because this and your obvious enthusiasm to contribute to Wikipedia that I'd like to make a request. To fill you in on some background: a few of us have been debating the Wikipedia is not for things made up in school one day guideline on its talk page over the last few days (although you'll see from the page it's been an on-going topic!). Basically, the guideline is a reference page intended to be used to refer younger editors to, as a more comprehensive and readable resource than bombarding them with links like WP:NOT, WP:VERIFY, WP:NOTE etc. I'm sure you've noticed that many articles get created on unsuitable subjects, and the purpose of the guideline (as I understand it) is to explain to editors why their page has just been speedily-deleted. The debate centers around a number of main points: One of the other editors has commented that it would help to get a perspective from the point of view of the article's target audience. I'm aware that the content doesn't apply to you personally, but you're the only editor I know who is actually in school - which would probably make your input more valuable than our speculation ;) If you get the chance, and you don't mind doing so, we'd be grateful if you could drop in on the talk page, scan over the debate (mainly from Suggested rename of this guideline onwards), and leave your views on the points raised. I have deliberately not elaborated on them so, if you do choose to chip in, you can come to it with an open mind! Regards EyeSereneTALK 21:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The name of the article
 * The tone of the article
 * The usefulness of the article (as related to the above points)


 * Thanks Cam. It'll be interesting to get your perspective on the debate, especially given the comment you left. Regards EyeSereneTALK 08:51, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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How did you find Vimy?
What did you get up to? Did you go into the boves under Arras? Or pop across to Notre Dame de Lorette? How long were you there? R OGER  TALK 23:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the swift response and the offer of photos (that would be great!). Did you get one of the post at Poperinghe Town Hall? Have they reopened the museum at Vimy yet. And did you visit the museum at Notre Dame de Lorette (with a field full of guns, etc, round the back)? Did you set the Moroccan graves? The little Moroccan memorial is really sad. You've certainly covered some ground. I suppose you go to see McCrae's grave at Wimereux? I did the photo of that that's in the John McCrae article. I get to go over to Northern France about once a month (week Monday next trip) as I can be in Calais in about two hours from where I live (southern edge of London). Incidentally, where did you stay in Arras? I usually stay in the Trois Luppars (at the far end of the Grand'Place) because of the great views over the square. R OGER  TALK 23:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The Moroccan Memorial is up on the flat stretch in front of the monument itself (near the car park). Incidentally, if you haven't already, you MUST read Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment. It's a real eye-opener. R OGER   TALK 21:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

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Contribution
Hello. I am currently trying to contribute to a battle in respect to giving a reason why a Viking force had to withdraw from a native attack, which I think was instrumental to the article itself and since the person in question received her place in history for that act. Its my understanding that Wikipedia is meant for contributions, but the people at that region see fit to leave the situation vague. They have told me that I cannot simply copy and past from references and, in short order, I re-wrote the small addition in my own words. I don't see what the problem here is, however, they simply revert my edits and give me vague conclusion to why they have done so. The site is intended to be used for non-commercial reproduction so we have no problems in copyright infringement. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. InternetHero 23:05, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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Re: wikiUS rumor, please confirm or dispel
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In Remembrance...
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CIA and assassinations
First, is there an online link to the reference, Jaime Roldos of Ecuador ? I'd like to expand it and include a reference in the sub-page that deals with assassinations (see below).

As you may have noticed, the main Central Intelligence Agency page is huge. When working with the CIA, it becomes obvious some very bad things were done, often with White House approval and sometimes not. To be able to have adequate space to work with each topic, we've been moving a number of things to "detail" or subordinate pages, listed at the bottom. Click on "show" in the first line to see the detailed sub-pages of the CIA article.

In the case of assassinations, I'm trying to get them under CIA Activities by Transnational Topic: Human Rights.

My personal rule is to try to have a minimum of two unrelated sources for any claim of inappropriate acts. Some of the best are declassified documents, but it takes some experience to look for them. I thank you for giving me an idea -- I'm going to write an article on searching for these materials, and see if I can put it under one of the Military History Project articles, or possibly the Intelligence Task Force.

This section on assassinations is fairly new, but I'm proceeding carefully, to be sure I have solid documentation of each case. So far, it appears that no CIA personnel or even directly controlled foreign agents killed any leader, but there certainly were cases where the CIA knew of, or supported, plots to overthrow foreign leaders. In the cases of Lumumba, Qasim, and Castro, the CIA was involved in preparing to kill the individual, but a native group killed him first. In other cases, such as Diem, the Agency knew of a plot but did not warn him, and communications at White House level indicated that the Agency had, with approval, told the plotters the US didn't object to their plan.

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