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  • Memory Project Archive

    Patricia Delphine Large Cameron (Primary Source)

    Patricia Delphine Large Cameron served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Read and listen to Patricia Delphine Large Cameron’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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/6581_original.jpg Patricia Delphine Large Cameron (Primary Source)

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    Patricia “Pat” Collins (Primary Source)

    "I particularly remember the horror of the first pictures of the infamous Nazi Concentration Camp at Bergen-Belsen." See below for Mrs. Collins' 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/PatriciaPatCollins/6661_538.jpg Patricia “Pat” Collins (Primary Source)

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    Patrick Doucet (Primary Source)

    Patrick Doucet served in the Royal Canadian Navy and fought in the Battle of the Atlantic and the hunt for German U-boats. 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/10162_original.jpg Patrick Doucet (Primary Source)

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    Patrick Reidy (Primary Source)

    "I participated in some of the now-famous battles – the Battle of Normandy, the Falaise Gap, the Scheldt, the Battle of the Rhineland and the crossing of the Rhine River…" See below for Mr. Reidy'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/PatrickReidy/8516_538.jpg Patrick Reidy (Primary Source)

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    Paul Bender (Primary Source)

    Mr. Paul Bender is a British-born veteran who served between 1943 and 1945 as an apprentice with the British Merchant Navy. Having participated in 25 sea convoys, Mr. Bender recalls different incidents that happened at sea while facing German U-boats. 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/13466_original.jpg Paul Bender (Primary Source)

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    Paul de Villers (Primary Source)

    "It's thanks to all the seamen of the wartime navy and of the merchant navy, and to the airmen, who fought off enemy submarines and aircraft, that the worst outcome was avoided." See below for Mr. de Viller'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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    Paul Dumaine (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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/Paul-Dumaine/2208_original.jpg Paul Dumaine (Primary Source)

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    Paul Lup Chan (Primary Source)

    Paul Lup Chan served 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/mpsb/Paul-Lup-Chan/2762_original.jpg Paul Lup Chan (Primary Source)

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    Paul Tomelin (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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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/PaulTomelin/14579_original.jpg Paul Tomelin (Primary Source)

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    Pawel Lojko (Primary Source)

    Pawel Lojko served in the Polish Army during the Second World War. See his full 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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    Pawel "Paul" Koczula (Primary Source)

    Pawel "Paul" Koczula served in Polish Independent Highland Brigade 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/7342_original.jpg Pawel "Paul" Koczula (Primary Source)

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    Peggy Lee (Primary Source)

    "I think the young people should understand what our generation went through to give them their rights today. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Chinese, Japanese, Irish, they all went through discrimination here in Canada in those days." Peggy Lee served with the St. John’s Ambulance Corps during the Second World War. See below for Ms. Lee'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/PeggyLee/2437_original.jpg Peggy Lee (Primary Source)

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    Percy Howard (Primary Source)

    In 2010, The Memory Project interviewed Percy Howard, a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Born on 19 August 1919 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Howard joined the reserves of the North Battleford Service Corps as a teen and was sent to guard Camp Dundurn, a military camp, when the war broke out. He then joined the Regina Rifles as a rifleman and began active service. Howard worked in transport, operating different types of vehicles, including “Jeeps” and three-ton trucks. In this testimony, Howard describes his experiences during the D-Day campaign, and the death of his wife’s brother-in-law. After the war, Howard settled in lower mainland British Columbia and then Kamloops, BC, first running a farm and then working in correction services. He and his wife adopted and fostered many children over the years. In 2014, he received the French Legion of Honour for his role in the campaign to liberate France. France. Howard died on 3 July 2018 in Kamloops. 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/3902_original.jpg Percy Howard (Primary Source)

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    Percy "Junior" Jackson (Primary Source)

    In 2010, The Memory Project interviewed Percy “Junior” Jackson, a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Jackson was born in Lucasville, Nova Scotia, on 19 December 1926 and was of Irish, Ethiopian, Mi’kmaq, and French-Canadian descent. In his testimony, he recalls being the only Black family in his community in Windsor. Growing up, Jackson was very close to his older brother, who joined the fight in Europe during the Second World War, leaving him devastated. Jackson enlisted at Halifax at the age of 16 and was sent overseas in 1944 to join The North Nova Scotia Highlanders. His mission was to reunite with his older brother, who was fighting in the Netherlands. After the war, Jackson served in Germany before returning to Canada. He remained in the armed forces, serving in the army reserve (logistics) until 1977, when he retired at the rank of Master Warrant Officer. Jackson served in several peacekeeping missions, including the United Nations Emergency Force that was established to bring an end to the Suez Crisis of 1956. 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/Jackson_Army_Twitter.jpg Percy "Junior" Jackson (Primary Source)

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    Peter Hardy MacKay Braidwood (Primary Source)

    In 2010, The Memory Project interviewed Peter Hardy MacKay Braidwood, a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Born in Scotland on 30 November 1922, Braidwood moved to Manitoba in 1938 to live with his uncle; he enlisted in the Canadian army at the age of 20 and served in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion from 1943 to 1945. As a paratrooper, he was dropped out of planes into battle zones, including on D-Day and over the Rhine. After the war, he re-enlisted in the military, retiring as a master warrant officer in 1974. In this testimony, Braidwood describes his service with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. He also discusses his childhood and adolescence as an orphan, which led him to immigrate to Canada to live with his uncle. Braidwood died in Chilliwack, British Columbia, on 11 May 2015. 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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