Description
[“Future of the Nation” | Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada]; Ihor Shpitovsky (Ed.), et al. Almanac of Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen, 1939-1945. Winnipeg, Manitoba: [“Future of the Nation” | Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada], 1946. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 239. 4to., measuring 7.75″ x 10.5″. Illustrated teal card covers bearing an image of a soldier pointing a rifle at a target. Rich with many dozens of black-and-white photographs, and portraits of Ukrainian Canadian servicemen (and some women) who served Canada during the Second World War. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine, to, fine. Exceptionally rare to be offered in commerce. Equally scarce amongst institutional holdings. Corresponds to OCLC #319868474 indicating only but one institutional holding at time of cataloguing. Rare indeed. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Harvard University Slavic Collection, et al. Explanatory foreword printed in English, else, text chiefly in Ukrainian. Card Covers.
“The Almanac comprises of the following sections, respectively: a) The names and photographs of Ukrainian Canadian servicemen, allocated among the three branches of the Armed Forces of Canada;b) Photographs of Ukrainian Canadians who were officially reported killed or missing in action; c) The Ukrainian Canadian servicemen who were wounded in action; d) A few of the Canadian women of Ukrainian descent who served with the Canadian Armed Forces; e) A partial list of Ukrainian Canadian servicemen who had been decorated for gallantry or mentioned in despatches for meritorious service in action (A few photographs are included). The next major section contains the names of 3,830 Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen whose names appeared in the official casualty lists that were periodically published by the different branches of the Canadian Armed Forces. The compilation of a complete list was not possible, due to the authors not having access to the complete statistical data. Then follow the photographs of the three Ukrainian Catholic chaplains who served with the Canadian Army. Hon. Capt. Rev. M. Pelech and Hon. Capt. T. Dobko who served in Canada; and Hon. Capt. M. Horoshko, who had been serving overseas. Also included is a pictorial section with some forty photographs depicting Father Horoshko’s activities overseas. Supplementing these pictures are a few photographs of the Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen’s Canteen in London, England. The ‘Canteen’ photographs show Ukrainian Canadian service personnel commemorating both Christmas and Easter according to Ukrainian customs and tradition. These are followed by several photographs of servicemen’s “get-togethers” in Belgium, especially of the convention held in Brussels in 1945.” (#5998) $189.00
