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Rogers went along with Jones to Fredericton, N.B. to register. He was assigned to the Royal Canadian Artillery and became a signaller.

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Rogers landed in Scotland travelling up the River Clyde before hopping on a train to London, where he trained for a year and a half.

After his training, Rogers was sent to North Africa where Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery led British and Commonwealth forces in a three-year campaign against the Axis forces. He went on to fight in Italy, France, Belgium and Germany.

He assisted in the liberation of Holland, and recalls taking 800 prisoners back home to Germany on a barge pulled by a tug boat.

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Rogers spent 22 months in Italy and Netherlands, in constant conflict.

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In Milan, he witnessed the hanging body of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini after his execution in 1945.

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Rogers moved to B.C. in 1947 and lived in Victoria for more than 35 years. He香蕉视频直播檇 gone back to school and started work as a bricklayer after the war. He started a family and raised a son.

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At the Eagles Hall, Rogers thanked all his friends who came to mark the occasion, while looking forward to the next.

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