80 Years After Dieppe, Postcards Share Stories of Soldiers Who Died in Deadly Raid

80 Years After Dieppe, Postcards Share Stories of Soldiers Who Died in Deadly Raid
Personnel landing craft draw away from a motor torpedo boat to start their run-in to the beaches during the raid on Dieppe, France, on Aug. 19, 1942. The Canadian Press/National Archives of Canada
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Paris Eakins was 26 years old when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1940 during the Second World War.

He was born in Minnedosa, Man., where he lived until he attended the University of Manitoba, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree. Eakins worked at his town’s newspaper and went on to join the sports department at the Winnipeg Free Press.