A letter home

Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum

Did you know that the Heritage Museum has a non-lending resource library that includes copies of original photos and documents? We generally do not collect and preserve these originals, that is the specialized work of our Archivist friend Rachel at the City of Wetaskiwin Archives. The most recent addition to our library is information on Sgt George Oliver Godin, who served with the First Special Service Forces (FSSF) during WWII. The FSSF spent a year of intensive special training in stealth tactics, hand-to-hand combat, explosives, parachuting, amphibious warfare, rock climbing, mountain fighting, and skiing before being deployed to Italy. The family still has the last letter he wrote to them on July 30, 1973. We do not know where he was writing from as this was cut out of the letter by the army. George wrote of how they started training at 5:30 am and didn’t quit until 10 or later. He mentioned being home over the past winter, inquired about everyone, and asked if they had received his most recent photos taken in Montreal. He ended with: “I am feeling pretty good, only am homesick as hell, that can’t be helped though”. Sgt Godin was killed at Anzio on February 22, 1944, after stepping on a land mine. The son of Aquila George and Mary Anne Godin, the brother of Theresa, Bud, Dick, and Lawrence, and the husband of Anna Godin, he was only 25 years old. He is buried in the commonwealth section at Beach-Head War Cemetery in Anzio. Do you enjoy your weekly Heritage Moment? The Heritage Museum is currently facing financial difficulties that could jeopardize our current programming. We welcome monetary donations of any size and can provide tax receipts for $20 or more. Visit us at 5007 – 50th Ave. or our website at http://wetaskiwinmuseum.com/donate/ to make a donation on-line.

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Originally published in the Wetaskiwin Times, November 21, 2019

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