About the Project The project to write a book of CHIPPAWA's History was begun last year. The job to research and document this history became the personal mission of the author, Mark Nelson. Through research, though, it had become evident that much of the history of the Division was lost. There are times in the past history that the local papers, and the Navy's own magazine, "The Crowsnest", have reported on events, such as during WWII and in the years following. But, before the war, and then again after unification there is not much written in the local media about the Division. Of course, there are plenty of members that clearly recall events after unification. But there are not many people, who were associated with the Division before the war, left to tell the tales. Obviously, this project is long overdue, and is warranted to keep the history alive for future generations. Special thanks must be given to some people who have bent over backwards to help me with the stories and photos in the book:
Much of this book should be dedicated to anyone who ever clipped a newspaper or kept an old photo in a scrapbook, and then donated it over to our fine Naval Museum in CHIPPAWA. Much of this type of information was now used by me to research this book. One such person that did this was Tom "Pop" MacKay, whose scrapbooks contain much of the historical information that has been long forgotten up to now. The book over 400 pages, (Contents) and is printed in HARD COVER and SOFT COVER versions. It is being self-published by myself, Mark Nelson. I am counting on pre-orders of the book to produce the first edition. In fact number of copies printed, will depend on the number of pre-orders that are received. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I had producing it!
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