The daring May 1943 raid by the 617 "Dambuster" Squadron on Germany's hydroelectric dams in the Ruhr Valley, popularized by the eponymous movie, is well-known. However, a lesser-known fact is that it would not have been possible without a Calgarian: Harlo "Terry" Taerum.
This is a 7 minute tale of a first-generation Canadian whose Monumental performance made possible one of the most iconic operations in the Second World War.
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