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Emmett Mulvaney served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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My full name is John Kenneth Davy, but I'm more often known as Ken Davy. I was quite young when the war broke out. I think I was thirteen years old, and it certainly was a point of great interest for me at that age, and I really never thought that I would be old enough to serve in it. I joined the Navy band at HMCS Star in Hamilton when I was sixteen. In...
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Interview with J. Neilson who joined the Naval Reserves in 1954.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Read and listen to M. Mussellam's veteran's testimony below.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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James Dowell served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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"As countries were freed, they not only played for the military but they also played for civilians too."Jean Adams was a WREN during the Second World War. See below for her full testimony.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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In 2003, The Memory Project interviewed John H. Gorsline, a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Gorsline was born on 12 November 1924. In 1942 at the age of 18, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve in Toronto; he was assigned to the landing ship HMCS Prince David, where he handled radar operations. D-Day was his first combat mission, which was then followed by the invasion of Southern France and the liberation of Greece. The ship’s role was to transport troops to battle and collect casualties, as well as to carry materials for use in amphibious assaults. In his testimony, Gorsline gives an account of the campaigns, and talks about the political aspects of military service during the war. Upon the war’s end, Gorsline returned to Ontario to work in construction, later becoming a veteran volunteer with The Memory Project. Gorsline died on 23 May 2020 in Scarborough, Ontario. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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John Doyle served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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John Mardling served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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John (Jack) Smith was a Newfoundland outport schooner fisherman, fishing for cod from dories at the start of WWII. He joined the then Canadian Merchant Marine, sailing east coast routes (independent sailings & in convoy) from St. John’s, NL to the Caribbean.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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"We sank a German submarine, U-877." See below for Mr. Blais' entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Ken Luttrell served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Well, I was selling newspapers on the street. So I was quite aware of the war coming and quite interested. And I remember the day it was declared, I sold all my papers before I got out of the station because people were really interested. Well, I quit school at 15 actually and went to Winnipeg, Manitoba and worked in a shell factory making 25 pound shells. I joined the Signal Corps while I was...
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