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Memory Project Archive
James Eagle (Primary Source)
"The next thing I know I hear a creaking noise – “Hey, we’re moving here you know?” So I go up on deck, hurrying up. I looked where we were coming from. There’s a little dark spot over there, which is Seattle. There’s water all around me. I said, “What the hell did you get yourself into now?”" See below for Mr. Eagle'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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James Eddy (Primary Source)
"They went very well, until we got shot down on January the 15th, I think it was. Our target was Merseburg." See below for Mr. Eddy'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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James Finnie (Primary Source)
Jim Finnie joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1942. He began training as an air gunner in early 1943. He ultimately trained in gunnery on Fairey Battle, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, and Handley Page Halifax aircraft. Shot down over France on his sixth air mission in-theatre, Finnie and another crew member hid in a barn until the French farmer turned them over to the Germans. He subsequently remained a prisoner of war until his escape from a camp in 1945.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 “Jim” Mahar (Primary Source)
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James "Jim" Malcolm (Primary Source)
James Malcolm 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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James Lafrenière (Primary Source)
"Your accommodation was what you could find. You sleep in the back of a truck, you sleep under a truck, you sleep in a truck you sleep in a hole in the ground, you sleep in an old house, wherever you could find a place to lay down." See below for Mr. Lafrenière'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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Jan Karol John Szklarz (Primary Source)
Jan Karol John Szklarz joined the Polish Army in 1940 and was taken prisoner by the German army. 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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Jean-Louis Blais (Primary Source)
"Panmunjom remains and it’s the same contract. Go sign a contract every three or six months, make an agreement that will ensure the peace." 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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Jeanne Bouchard (Primary Source)
"I found a family in the army, which continues still. Family, my family is the army. It is the CWAC." 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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Jerry Crowe (Primary Source)
Jerry Crowe 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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Jim Hawley (Primary Source)
Jim Hawley served in the 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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Jim "Jo" Owen Moffatt
Jim Moffat served in the Canadian Army 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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Jim Jones (Primary Source)
Jim Jones was a sergeant with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers armoured regiment in the Second World War. He landed in France on D-Day (June 6, 1944) in the afternoon and fought throughout Normandy and into the Rhineland, Germany. During the August 1944 battle for Falaise, France his tank was hit and he helped save members of his crew. As a result, he was Mentioned-in-Dispatches.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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Joan Mary Rogers (Primary Source)
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John Angus McDonald (Primary Source)
John Angus McDonald served in the Canadian army 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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