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  • Memory Project Archive

    Ernest Alec Bagstad (Primary Source)

    "I was entirely alone. There was no one around me that was, that was alive and able to give me moral support or help, or anything else. The third counterattack was just one too many. I wound up being a prisoner of war." See below for Mr. Bagstad'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/ErnestAlecBagstad/4816_original.jpg Ernest Alec Bagstad (Primary Source)

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    Ernest Baird (Primary Source)

    Ernest Baird flew a full tour as a pilot of an Avro Lancaster bomber with 12 Squadron, Royal Air Force. He flew numerous sorties over Germany, including against Dresden. He also flew a mining mission over a Norwegian fjord. Ernest Baird was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for “proving himself an outstanding captain and provided a shining example of calm courage and determination.”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/9935_original.jpg Ernest Baird (Primary Source)

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    Ernest Brown (Primary Source)

    Ernest Brown served with Canada's Merchant Navy during the Second World War. During the Battle of the Atlantic, he crossed the ocean for the first time in a convoy, docking in Liverpool, England, which at the time was under German air attacks. In this excerpted clip. Brown describes the destruction caused when an incendiary bomb landed on a ship's deck in Liverpool.

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    Ethel Rowell (Primary Source)

    "You just automatically went to your boat station to find out what was going to happen next, so then when the abandon ship order came through, well, we got into our lifeboat." See below for Mrs. Rowell'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/EthelRowell/3086_538.jpg Ethel Rowell (Primary Source)

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    Evelyn Davis Jamieson (Primary Source)

    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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    Everett M. Bluestein (Primary Source)

    Everett M. Bluestein served in 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/8728_original.jpg Everett M. Bluestein (Primary Source)

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    Everett Sylvester Cromwell (Primary Source)

    "One time I drove for 36 hours without stopping. When I stopped it was just long enough to off-load and load. That was war. That’s what you trained for." See below for Mr. Cromwell'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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    Flavio Da Silva (The Memory Project)

    Flavio Da Silva was born in Georgetown, British Guiana, and joined the Royal Air Force in 1941. He received his initial training, but was then selected for additional training to become a meteorologist. He completed his courses at the University of Toronto, and was then sent to the Mediterranean theater. While there he worked on RAF stations in Gibraltar, Malta and Algeria.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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    Florian Roy (Primary Source)

    "I took a walk through many of the rows of tombstones at the Pusan cemetery to find some of my close friends who were there. I told myself that I would see that once in my lifetime." See below for Mr. Roy'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/FlorianRoy/13449_original.jpg Florian Roy (Primary Source)

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    Forbes Brown (Primary Source)

    Forbes Brown served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Read his 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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    Francis Bathe (Primary Source)

    "We captured about 3,500 that morning, and I should judge about us many were killed or wounded besides that. I think the 1st and 2nd Divisions did equally as well, by what I heard they were chiefly the Bavarians at that. They are notable fighters but our lads were better. " See below for Mr. Bathe'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/FrancisBathe/16495_original.jpg Francis Bathe (Primary Source)

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    Francis William Godon (Primary Source)

    "If your buddies got hurt during that and the yelling and crying, you couldn’t stop, you had to keep going." See below for Mr. Godon'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/Godon_Gunner_Tweet.jpg Francis William Godon (Primary Source)

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    Frank Bing Wong (Primary Source)

    "“Your blood, our freedom.” That’s how they think of the Canadians." Frank Bing Wong served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Wong'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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    Frank Lucano (Primary Source)

    "And to this day I’m thinking, those kids, and they were all kids, you know, are of one mind or the other mind, was, if anything comes around like this, this low, they’re going to blow them out of the sky with 50-caliber machine guns." See below for Mr. Lucano'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/FrankLucano/9628_538.jpg Frank Lucano (Primary Source)

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    Frank Moore (Primary Source)

    Frank Moore served with No. 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. He was shot down over Frankfurt, Germany in 1943 and spent the remainder of the war in captivity. He details his time in Stalag IV-B, his liberation by Soviet forces, and the arduous conditions in which he lived.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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