Episode 4: “And We Go On” by Will R. Bird

Hank and Bindu tackle a forgotten Canadian war classic, "And We Go On" by Will R. Bird. Bird fought on the Western Front as a member of the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force. For combat gallantry during the last hundred days of the war, he was awarded a Military Medal. Bird would go on to publish "And We Go On" in 1930 as a rejection of many myths about the war and the soldiers that fought it. His story is that of an everyman trying to survive in extraordinary times, and an exploration of the human condition when embroiled in the fires of war.