Dieppe raid deserved better coverage

By Lethbridge Herald on August 31, 2022.

Editor:

On Aug. 18, Canadian media recognized the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Dieppe — except the Lethbridge Herald. A featured guest at the event at Dieppe was a 100-year-old veteran of the battle, who travelled from Canada for the ceremony. 

As a reader of the Herald, I noted that there was no mention of this costly battle in the Herald on either Aug. 18 or 19. It was not until Aug. 20 that a back page of the Herald published a Canadian Press article on the battle. 

I would suggest that the Herald’s coverage of the battle might have included some research beginning with the Lethbridge Legion regarding the number of people in the greater Lethbridge area who took part in the battle, and perhaps even some local soldiers who might have lost their lives in the battle. 

Robert Tarleck

Lethbridge