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  • Memory Project Archive

    Wallace Bruce Randall (Primary Source)

     Wallace Bruce Randall served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World. After having to bail out of his plane during a mission over Germany, he was taken as a prisoner of 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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    Wallace "Wally" Phillips (Primary Source)

    Wallace "Wally" Phillips served in the Royal Canadian Air Force 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/5799_original.jpg Wallace "Wally" Phillips (Primary Source)

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    Walter Blaszynski (Primary Source)

    Walter Blaszynski served with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/6872_original.jpg Walter Blaszynski (Primary Source)

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    Walter Conneoll Weir (Primary Source)

    Walter Weir served with the Royal Regina Rifles 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/3028_original.jpg Walter Conneoll Weir (Primary Source)

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    Walter Loucks (Primary Source)

    Walter Loucks was part of the first all Canadian air crew to fly in a Canadian built Avro Lancaster bomber. He recounts when he was forced to bail out of his bomber over England 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/14172_original.jpg Walter Loucks (Primary Source)

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    Ward Bud Roach (Primary Source)

    Ward Bud Roach served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was attached to the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. His plane was shot down in October 1942 and was held in a prisoner of war camp.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/4082_original.jpg Ward Bud Roach (Primary Source)

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    Wendell Harper (Primary Source)

    Wendell Harper served as a wireless operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Content warning: This article contains content which some may find offensive or disturbing.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/2141_original.jpg Wendell Harper (Primary Source)

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    Wheldon C Kearney (Primary Source)

    Wheldon C Kearney served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. After VE Day (May 8th, 1945), he volunteered for Pacific duty.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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    Wilfred H. Willy Mott (Primary Source)

    In 2011, The Memory Project interviewed Wilfred Howard “Willy” Mott, a naval veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Born on 1 June 1926 in Redan, Ontario, Mott enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1943. He served as a DEMS gunner in both the Atlantic and Pacific theatres during the war. DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) was a Second World War program through which naval gunners served aboard merchant ships. In this testimony, Mott recalls losing tankers to U-boats in the Atlantic, and the celebrations when Japan surrendered. After the war, he served with the RCMP Marine Division (1946–71); he was then captain of the CFAV Firebird (fire protection) at HMC Dockyard in Halifax (1971–89). Mott died 26 June 2017 at Camp Hill Veterans Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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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    Wilfrid K Newell (Primary Source)

    "We had 3 units in our Commando of 28 men each. And we trained purposely for Operation Overlord." See below for Mr. Newell's 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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    Willard Milton "Will" Sawyer (Primary Source)

    Willard Sawyer served as a bomber and gunner in the Royal Canadian Air Force 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/7292_original.jpg Willard Milton "Will" Sawyer (Primary Source)

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    William A. Bush (Primary Source)

    William Bush served in the Royal Canadian Medical Corps in Alaska during the Second World War. He was later transferred to the Army Show, where he performed for troops throughout Europe.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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/5549_600.jpg William A. Bush (Primary Source)

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    William A. Millard (Primary Source)

    "Those aircraft with 12, either 12,000 or 16,000 lb of bombs they were carrying; 2,154 gallons of high octane fuel. When they got hit, it was all over right now, you know. That's something, I guess, that you kept in the back of your mind." See below for Mr. Millard's 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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/WilliamAMillard/13603_538.jpg William A. Millard (Primary Source)

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    William Albert White (Primary Source)

    "Well, not bragging, but we were better cooks because we had the quality food. I said it was quality food made us better cooks." See below for Mr. White's 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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    William Alvin Lake (Primary Source)

    William Lake 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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