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Norman Heide served on HMCS Sioux during the Korean War. The Sioux provided naval support for the amphibious landings during the Battle of Inchon which turned the tide of the war. Additionally, the ship ran interdiction operations against enemy vessels and undertook “trainbusting” raids which attacked vital supply routes along the Korean coast.
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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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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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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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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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"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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"If he was black or French or whatever, and you reach down to help him out of the water, you don’t say to him, oh, I’m not going to get him up, he’s not one of us. No." See below for Mr. Hope'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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"A knock came on the door and it was my station commander who said, 'Ray, I’m sorry to tell you this, but your friend has not returned, will you please repack his luggage so we can send it back to his wife in Canada." See below for Mr. Gauvreau'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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Reg Blundell served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Read and listen to Reg Blundell’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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Reg Harrison left his family’s farm in Saskatchewan and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. He became a pilot and flew Halifax then Lancaster bombers with 431 Squadron, RCAF. He flew numerous sorties over Germany, including the Ruhr Valley, and the Netherlands. He also flew as part of the 13-plane sortie over the Falaise Gap in 1944, when Canadian troops were accidentally bombed by allied planes. Reg Harrison survived four crashes, which earned him the nickname “Crash.”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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"The carnage, the wreckage, the stench, the dead bodies, human and animal: it was unreal." See below for Mr. Myers' 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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Richard Dutka 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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Richard Kelly served in the 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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Richard Norris 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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