Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Eighty-one years ago today, the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy amid heavy enemy gunfire on what was known as ‘D-Day’. Earlier this year, one of the Memory Project speakers told his D-Day story to Peter Mansbridge.
Raised in Manitoba, Major Jim Parks credits his learning to swim in the Red River as helping him survive his swim to shore after his boat was damaged in the attack.
Eighty-one years ago today, the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy amid heavy enemy gunfire on what was known as ‘D-Day’. Earlier this year, one of the Memory Project speakers told his D-Day story to Peter Mansbridge.
Raised in Manitoba, Major Jim Parks credits his learning to swim in the Red River as helping him survive his swim to shore after his boat was damaged in the attack.
