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Stories of Service and Sacrifice
Phillip Doucette
Army • Home Town: Port au Port, Newfoundland and Labrador
It was good to see my friends, my family, my fiancée and to know that I was in a place that was safe, that I didn’t have to worry about walking the streets and no pressure. Had to face life on life’s terms. And to me, that was like gold. Like gold. Still is today.
Gordon Harrison
Army • Home Town: Ottawa, Ontario
I hit Korea and then seeing this poor country devastated, bombed out, burned out, blown up, it was absolutely mind boggling for a young guy to see all this.
Frank Jefferies
Army Listen Audio Interview
Joseph Ganin
Army Listen Audio Interview
Herménégilde Dussault
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Lionel Bourboing
Army Listen Audio Interview
Delphis Cormier, MM
Army • Home Town: Campbelltown, New Brunswick
The transcription in English is not available at this moment. Please refer to the transcript in French.
Garry Williams
Army • Home Town: Victoria, British Columbia
Well, I was behind the hill, so you know there’s someone over there who was taking a shot at me, so I quickly ducked into a trench. But when you hear that snap in your ear of the bullet going a foot, two feet away from you, you duck in a hurry.
Lawrence Wagg
Army • Home Town: Saint John, New Brunswick
Cassino was a mess, the whole city. Somebody had said there’s no Canadians there, but I, I was one of them who was there
Arthur “Art” Brown
Army • Home Town: York Township, Ontario
It was embedded in my bone and they said, well, it’s not going to move anyhow, I’ll put a battle dressing on it and give you a handful of aspirin and back to the gun.
Ed Pearson
Air Force Listen Audio Interview
Phyllis Holmes
Air Force Listen Audio Interview
Norman Kirby
Army Listen Audio Interview
Donald Munroe
Air Force Listen Audio Interview
Danny “Boone” Arntsen
Army • Home Town: Beechy, Saskatchewan
he seemed about a baby-faced 18, but he didn’t look near that old. And he was standing there, his eyes as big as saucers, shaking and tried to talk to him and we couldn’t talk to him; and finally he said, I saved my hat
Catherine “Kay” Stevens
Navy • Home Town: Saint John, New Brunswick
And we started down Spring Garden Road and by then, hell broke loose. And the navy got the blame of everything.
