st Canadian Parachute Battalion Head Quarters Company - Vickers Platoon. Landed in France on D-Day June 6,1944 very early to complete their mission to blow up bridges and form a defense at Le Mesnil midway between Varaville and Caan. Memorial Day also reflects heroes from the Canadian, British and the list goes on military. My father was in 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Head Quarters Company - Vickers Platoon and landed before 1:00 AM D-Day, June 06,1944. He was in combat 27 days before being wounded at Le Mesnil. No one truly knows what he went through in his battle and the same goes for all of the other military soldiers. He took the disturbing war experiences with him to his grave. There were a few hints he gave us kids that what the Germans did to us versus what we did to the Germans did not by any means make us any better then them. I hope times like Memorial Day, D-Day, Remembrance Day and so on give us the opportunity to educate our children to avoid the same mistakes being made leading up to war. All of our heroes will not be forgotten. This was to assist troops landing by sea at Normandy.