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This seems to be more an article on McDonald than Operation Canuck... theres 3 sentences about the operation, and 12 on the life of the guy who led it. Juusu 21:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
- I'm putting it here, it doesn't belong on the main article.
Captain Buck McDonald was born Robert MacDonald (aka Bob Ace) in New Glasgow Nova Scotia on November 4, 1920. He was the son of Robert McDonald and Isabel Ross. In the Canadian army MacDonald had a reputation for toughness which earned him the nickname "Buck". Robert was a gifted athlete, winning the 440 yard dash at the 1936 Canadian junior championships in Calgary Alberta. In 1939 he attended Royal Military College in Kingston Ontario and in 1941 he departed for England with the Royal Canadian Dragoons. He joined the Special Air Service (SAS) in 1943 and served with distinction in Italy. On the eve of the Normandy invasion, MacDonald was a member of the Canadian Airborne Regiment but was injured in a training exercise. On June 7th, the day after the invasion began, he disobeyed orders and chartered a boat to take him across the channel to join his comrades in France. He was charged for being AWOL (Away Without Leave) but the charges were later stayed because he went AWOL to join the fighting. At the end of World War II he was discharged with the rank of Major and attended Dalhousie Law School. He returned to New Glasgow where he became Crown Prosecutor and where he met and married Jean Foster, the love of his life. Robert was appointed to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1985. He died on August 16, 1995.