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As a child, Rita Tate Holdengräber was a courier for the Polish underground in Warsaw 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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Interview with Robert Barry, who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. 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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Robert Bradstock served in the Navy during the Second World War. See below for his 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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Robert Fox flew Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers with No. 438 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. He recounts his experiences with the Typhoon aircraft and some of the missions he flew during the 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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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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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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"It started at 5:00 and towards 11:00, we saw the American tanks roll in to the camp. For us, the war was ending." See below for Mr. Gravel'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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TranscriptI was transferred to Lithuania border in 1940, when the Russia took Lithuania. They took us to Russian prison camp. I was down there from 1940 to 1942. I was moved to a Middle East country down there, Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Palestine were all Polish soldier prison camp. That was very bad, you know, there’s not much to eat. The bread, you know, they’ve got the dry, very dry, because their bread spoiled and...
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Ron Davies served in the British Parachute Regiment 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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Interview with Ron Grant.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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"Our commitment was to do observations along the ADL, which spread from the Mediterranean down to the Gulf of Aqaba - the tip of the Sinai Peninsula -re-supplying Army and UN outposts along the ADL by air." 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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Rose Davis worked as a Radio Operator for the Department of Transport during the Second World War. She intercepted and copied code from U-boats and other foreign vessels.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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Ross Baroni initially joined the coastal artillery as a gunner, due to a waiting list to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was able to transfer within eighteen months, and trained as an observer at a time when an observer obtained all four skills: navigation, gunnery, wireless operator and bombardier. Baroni was posted to a Pathfinder Squadron, and flew Halifaxes and Lancasters in the UK and in France. He finished the war as a flight Lieutenant, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service.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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Ross Hamilton served with the 407 Squadron, 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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Roy Hall enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1948. He served on five other ships before assignment to HMCS Iroquois and overseas service in Korea in 1952. During the Korean War, HMCS Iroquois participated in shore bombardments, dropped off South Korean guerrillas for raids behind enemy lines, and patrolled the waters around the Korean peninsula. On 2 October 1952 HMCS Iroquois was hit by a shell, the only time during the war a Canadian warship was hit by enemy fire.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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