Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War did not appear in print until 1955 at the earliest. This was not unusual, in as an Official History of the First World War had also been many years in coming. Though the first of a projected eight volumes by Colonel Duguid first saw print in 1938, 20 years after the Armistice, the remaining 7 volumes were never completed. G.W.L. Nicholson published a one-volume Official History in 1964. The Royal Canadian Air Force's official Second World War history was not published until the 1990s. In Stacey's words: "Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: Volume I.
Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics opponents. There are sources that report that the Scandinavian team won by two pulls to one, but the majority record it as a 2–0 victory. As late as 1974, the "Olympic Review" listed the United States team of John Flanagan, Robert Garrett, Truxton Hare, Josiah McCracken, Lewis Sheldon and Richard Sheldon as the gold medalists for the 1900 tug of war. A report in the Paris edition of the "New York Herald" described the tug of war contest at the Olympic Games as being "an object lesson in how not to do a thing". The report mentioned the Scandinavian team's