This production commemorates the First World War battle of Vimy Ridge. On April 9, 1917, a Corps of Canadian soldiers captured the strategic ridge in France from the Germans, marking not only a significant Allied victory, but also the first time Canadians had fought as an independent force, and not as part of the British Army. The Canadian Corps suffered 20,000 casualties - 5,000 of these would never return home. This video features 90-year-old War Amps member, Perce Lemmon, who fought at Vimy. He joins War Amps CEO Cliff Chadderton to describe what life was like as a young soldier fighting in the trenches. The use of entensive archival war footage makes his story come to life.

"Originally prepared in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Vimy Ridge, April 9th, 1917-1987".