Aldona Sendzikas: 2 books
Lucky 73
USS Pampanito's Unlikely Rescue of Allied POWs in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2010
Today USS Pampanito is a tourist destination. During WWII the submarine earned six battle stars, sank six Japanese ships, damaged four others, and rescued seventy-three British and Australian POWs from the South China Sea. Astonishingly, this rescue happened three days after she sank one of the transport...
Stanley Barracks
Toronto's Military Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit
Stanley Barracks begins with the construction in 1840-41 of the new facility that replaced the then decaying Fort York Barracks. The book recounts the background of the last facility operated by the British military in Toronto and how Canada’s...