Veterans who served at home

By Joan Janzen

Many veterans from WWII didn’t get sent overseas. My father, Albert Schwengler was one of them. He was born in 1918 and worked on the family farm near Liebenthal. My dad joined the army during the latter part of the war, or perhaps farmers were drafted later in the war years. He trained at Victoria, BC, but didn’t reminisce a lot about his training.

However I recall seeing an old photo of the tents where they were housed. And he did say he ate a lot of hash, which was a mixture of whatever was available in the camp kitchen.