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Are you a veteran of the Second World War? Do you know someone who is and would like to tell their story of service and sacrifice?

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veteran stories

Welcome to the Memory Project: Stories of the Second World War Digital Archive. The Memory Project will provide every living Second World War veteran with the opportunity to share their memories through oral interviews and digitized artefacts and memorabilia.


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Geraldine Muter

Geraldine Muter | Sturgeon Falls, Ontario

"My name is Geraldine Margaret. I was born in Markstay, Ontario, that’s between North Bay and Sudbury. I lived in Timmins for many years and that’s where I joined up from. But I had to g..."

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Malcolm Andrade

Malcolm Andrade | British Guiana

"The main idea of the tactical air force was to support the armies in the field. That was their job. Their job wasn’t to go fighter to fighter. Their job was to support the armies. So they ..."

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Doug Dickson

Doug Dickson | Carlisle, Scotland, United Kingdom

"After the cloistered life that I’d had in university, it was a pretty raw movement into the real world of the military. We were terrorized by a Corporal who had an almost unintelligible cockn..."

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