‘Tanks’ for the memories: Retired soldier donates maintenance manuals
CALGARY — As an army brat, Lisa Pearce remembers the manuals her father would drag along with the family, posting after posting, over his 30 years in the Canadian Forces.
Now the knowledge that Sgt. Lewis Pearce gathered during his military career has a new home.
His time in the Forces, before he retired in 1991, included a lengthy spell at CFB Borden where he became an instructor.
Pearce was with the Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and worked on military vehicles, including the Leopard 1 tank, which eventually would see action in Afghanistan.