Well, I was a tank driver [in The Fort Garry Horse (10th Canadian Armoured Regiment)] and promoted myself into tank commander. A Dutch family, two children, and the bullets were going. I wouldn’t say that, I took them into the Red Cross truck and put them in there. I said, get going. I never heard of them again until 50 years later.

I was having coffee, and this had happened about a year. She says, if it wasn’t for a Canadian soldier, I wouldn’t be here. So then, of course, I kept asking her questions. Gosh, I wonder if it could be possible? So I asked her a question and she says, yes. Well, I said, you’re looking at him. And she started crying. I’m pretty proud about what I did. Canada’s number one hero.