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Lt.Donald Grant,M.C.,a hero who shot only with a camera has his photo taken before D Day,in case the worst happens. PHOTO-Lieutenant Donald I. Grant of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit, who holds an Anniversary Speed Graphic camera, England, 11 May 1944.This photo was taken by fellow D Day photographer with CAFPU,Lt.Frank Dubervill. The citation for Don Grant's Military Cross citation read as follows:Lt D.I. Grant, a photographic officer with the CAFPU, came ashore at H plus 15 mins. on D-Day with an assault company of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. His assault craft came under heavy machine gun fire as it neared the shore. Lieutenant Grant…carried out with determination his job of photographing the landing of the assault troops. When the troops advanced inland he went with them, carrying out his duties in the face of intense enemy fire with remarkable coolness. Later in the day he assisted in bringing the wounded to the field dressing station….At all times, this officer has carried out his duties with courage, skill and determination....His coolness has continually been an example and inspiration to the other members of the Film and Photo Unit. Gib Milne and Frank Dubervill took the first photographs to appear in Allied newspapers showing the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. Don Grant photographed Major David Currie in the act of winning the Victoria Cross on August 19, 1944. Dubervill also photographed the liberation of Paris on August 26, 1944, and went on to document the link-up of American and Russian troops at Torgau on the Elbe River in Germany during April 1945. Finally, Alex Stirton photographed the historic surrender of German forces at Wageningen in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945.