We wish to thank the many people who assisted us in bringing this volume into print. Special thanks go to Josh Dickison who assisted in the preparation of the manuscript and in obtaining illustrations. We benefited greatly from his knowledge of Stanley and Williamsburg and also from his enthusiasm for the project. We would also very much like to thank Lorne Gallagher for granting us permission to publish excerpts from the MacMillan diaries. We are grateful for the opportunity to publish the diaries and for the advice given us by Marc Milner and Brent Wilson, the general editors of the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series. The preparation of the manuscript was supported by the Labour History in New Brunswick, Community-University Research Alliance Project at the University of New Brunswick. Yolande House assisted in the typing of the manuscript. Mike Bechthold, Wilfrid Laurier University, provided the map. Others who provided assistance with illustrations or in other ways include Linda Baier, Patricia Auld Johnstone and Mary Flagg, Archives and Special Collections, Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, France Beauregard, Canadian War Museum, Jennifer Longon, New Brunswick Museum and Wanda Lyons, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Marion Burnett and Julia Kerr graciously provided photographs of the MacMillan family. Finally, we would like to thank the staff of Goose Lane Editions, especially Laurel Boone, Julie Scriver and Angela Williams for their editorial assistance and for such a beautiful presentation of the diaries.