Jim served in the RCAF from 1941 – 1945 with the No. 6 Group in Yorkshire, England, 1659 Conversion Unit and 431 Iroquois Squadron. Upon his return from the war, he joined the Government Agency Branch of the BC Ministry of Finance and was promoted to Government Agent in 1966. In 1983 he moved back to Courtenay where he retired . Jim died in 2011 leaving behind a collection of almost 250 letters.

Thomas (Tom) Peter Scandiffio was born on April 12, 1912 and served as a Warrant Officer Class II with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the war. Thomas was killed June 16, 1943.

Pilot Officer Henry Denys Beames was born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, on September 9, 1921.

At the beginning of World War II Beames served in the fall of 1940 with the 5th Coastal Brigade, Nanaimo, B.C., before enlisting for active service with the Royal Canadian Air Force on May 2, 1941, in Vancouver, B.C. He spent the remainder of 1941 training in Canada before shipping overseas in January 1942 to complete his pilot training with the British Royal Air Force.

While serving in England, Beames married Brenda Harvey on October 9, 1942. Their son Michael Denys Beames was born June 22, 1943.

On February 20, 1944, Beames was on a mission to Leipzig, Germany, with the #434 Bluenose Squadron when their Halifax aircraft #LL 257 went missing. It was later determined that Beames had been killed. Beames was buried at Hanover (Limmer) British Military Cemetery, Hanover, Germany.