Harry Dzeoba as a Paratrooper during World War II
This picture was taken shortly after the Normandy landing (June 6, 1944). The picture
was taken in France. Harry Dzeoba of Dryden in not in picture. The
soldiers are from the First Canadian Paratroopers Batallion.
paratroopers. The rifles they used were an improved version of the British Lee-Enfield
Soldiers would jump off a 10 meter high landing as part of the
preparation for actual jumping
from a plane. Before you hit the ground the harness would jerk the jumper backwards into an
upright position
This picture was taken during a rest in movement towards the Rhine river. Picture was taken
in April 1945
A captured Messichmit fighter plane
Crossing the Elbe river at Launberg Germany in 1945. (Launberg is located just south east
of Hamburg
Two comrads of Harry Dzeoba. (person on left is Joe King and on the right the last name is
Blackmore
Pictured here is Harry Dzeoba at a refueling stop near Brussels in the spring of 1945