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Old 15-04-05, 00:36
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Default the "Wacky" Seven

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Originally posted by John McGillivray
However, I have not seen any pictures of the Canadian guns with names on them.
How about this one:

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Source: The Public Archives of Canada (DND Army 36069); courtesy of Peter Brown; picture linked from THE PRIEST KANGAROO

Caption: 'Priest' self-propelled gun of the 19th Field Regiment, R.C.A., Normandy, July 1944. [Left to right]: Bdrs. D. Nashawa, G. Harper. Full names of 'the "Wacky" Seven are - top row painted directly onto the hull side DICK and GORD, second row on Maple Leaf background HARRY and JIM, third row also on Maple Leaf background BERT and BRES."

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