Soldiers say goodbye to their sweethearts at the Vernon railway station in 1940. (Greater Vernon Museum and Archives #16476 photo)

Soldiers say goodbye to their sweethearts at the Vernon railway station in 1940. (Greater Vernon Museum and Archives #16476 photo)

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