The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 357 SCHENTAG, R. J. “Dick” WWII Dick joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and was discharged in 1946. SCHMIDT, George WWII George joined the Army at age 20 in September 1943 and took his basic training in Regina, and then went to Esquimalt, British Columbia, for four months of training. In February, he went to Prince Rupert to train for heavy artillery and was sent to some islands to do guard duty. While training, he tore ligaments in his right knee and ended up in a Prince Rupert hospital on D-Day 1944. On July 1, he took more heavy artillery training and went to Debert, Nova Scotia, for infantry training and became a Regina rifleman and went to England on February 15, 1945 to Horsham for training to go in as a reinforcement. After the war was over, his unit was one of the first to go in as peacekeepers. He went to Holland and then to Germany on a floating bridge and landed at Aurich, where the hostilities went on for six weeks to ensure the Germans had completely surrendered. He was allowed a twenty-day holiday while in Germany and went to Paris, Glasgow, Scotland, Germany, Belgium and Europe, and was able to see all the sights. He returned to Canada in June 1946 and was then discharged. Back in Ogema, he worked as a mechanic and did some road construction and became interested in farming and married Phillis and raised a family. George went back to Holland twice after the war to celebrate the 55th and 56th anniversaries SCHOEPP, Harold WWII Harold was born on December 27, 1917. He moved to the Langenburg area in 1924 and joined the RCASC as a basic training instructor in October 1942, and was discharged on January 8, 1944. After the war, Harold married Lily in 1943, and they had three children and ran Schoepp’s Groceteria from 1948-54 and sold it, but stayed to work there until 1995. He worked at various jobs before retiring in Langenburg. Harold passed away on December 23, 1998. SCHMIDT, Leonard WWII Leonard was born in Dysart, Saskatchewan, May 10, 1921. He joined the PA Volunteers Unit on December 12, 1942 and was discharged on May 7, 1946. In April 1943, he was one of seventeen from the Prince Albert Volunteer Unit to be sent to Suffield. In total, approximately 3,700 volunteers took part in the Suffield Chemical Warfare Agent testing program between 1942 to the mid1970s. Most of the testing was done during WWII and all plus guinea pigs were sworn to 50 years of secrecy. It was in 1998 when the deep secret of 50 years was finally revealed. Leonard has been a member of the Stockholm Branch #265 of The Royal Canadian Legion for 12 years.
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