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Memory Project Archive
Donald Murchie (Primary Source)
Donald Murchie joined the RCAF before he finished high school in Calgary, Alberta. After a stint as an instructor, Mr. Murchie was sent overseas and flew Supermarine Spitfires with 412 Squadron. While he did not begin flying operations until the squadron landed in the Netherlands, Mr. Murchie flew numerous missions over enemy territory, including at the Battle of the Bulge.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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Donald Wolfe (Primary Source)
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Doreen Leona Smitty Newton (Primary Source)
Doreen Newton signed up for the Army in October 1943 and was discharged in October 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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Dorothy Gogan (Primary Source)
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Dorothy Lutz (Primary Source)
At the age of 16, Dorothy Lutz served in the Second World War as an electrical welder in the Halifax shipyards. During the Second World War, Lutz and millions of women worked with military machinery and equipment. Listen to Lutz’ achievements as a trailblazer on the home front. 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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Dorothy M Jamieson (Primary Source)
"We were in France, and we were in Belgium. And to me, serving with those girls was the best thing that ever happened to me." See below for Ms. Jamieson'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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Doug Cooper (Primary Source)
"So you know, we’d spend a whole day up at the front and get shelled the odd time and they’d tell you to get down or get into bunker or do something, get out of the road mainly because they wanted to fight, so you got out of their road." See below for Mr. Cooper'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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Doug Franks (Primary Source)
"They got over this wire... 'cause you used to hang tin cans or something on there so, if it touched it, it warned you that there was someone there…" See below for Mr. Franks' 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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Doug Vidler (Primary Source)
"Our landing was not bad compared to the fellows ahead of us. The first wave had taken the blunt of it." See below for Mr. Vidler'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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Doug Yuill (Primary Source)
Doug Yuill (Brigadier, ret’d) served in the Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE) during the Korean War. He explains in detail the tasks engineers carried out at the front, including the transfer of personnel and equipment across the Imjin River, swollen by monsoon season, and protecting bridges across the river from enemy rafts. He also provides an explanation of mine laying. Additionally, Yuill discusses trading with the American troops at the front for a variety of equipment and services.
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Douglas MacDonald (Primary Source)
"I was watching the Typhoons, or the ‘Tiffies,’ blowing up a forest and I was thinking, give them hell, boys." See below for Mr. MacDonald'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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Douglas Sample (Primary Source)
Douglas Sample served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Read and listen to his veteran 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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Douglas Storey (Primary Source)
Well, it was 1942. There was a little bit happening other than joining the army or working in the steel company. So I elected to join the army. And that was the beginning of things to come. We landed I believe we were told, 12 days after D-Day. We landed and the first action we saw was Bourgebus. That’s not the proper pronunciation but it was right next door to Tilly-la-Campagne. And we went from...
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Douglas Warren (Primary Source)
"At Dieppe, with only 5,000 of our troops involved, we had almost 1,000 killed and 2,000 taken prisoner, many of them wounded, in just six hours battle. So, you can see the ferocity of the battle." See below for Mr. Warren'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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Dr. Charles Rand (Primary Source)
Interrupting his medical training at Harvard to join the military, Dr. Charles Rand screened the waves of troops looking to join the military themselves, before returning to his studies after the war.
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