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After Korea, An Army Career
Mr. Nickerson's one-year tour of duty with the UN Force in Korea ended in late 1951. He returned to Canada and remained in the Canadian Army until 1968. He recalls some of the peacekeeping missions he took part in, with some critical words regarding the United Nations at the end of the 20th century.
Training to Become an Air Gunner
Mr. Cole describes the different places he went to train to eventually become an air gunner. He describes basic training, specific training, #1 AGGTS, and #9 Bombing and Gunnery School.
Receiving Wings
Mr. Cole describes what the wing represents on the left breast of his uniform and tells a humourous story on what the "AG" means.
Atomic Bomb
Mr. McVicar talks about being near the take off of the Enola Gay on her flight to drop the first atomic bomb, and the difficulty in decoding Japanese Morse code.
Japanese Prisoners of War
Mr. McVicar talks about the differences between the Americans, Canadians and Australians, he also talks about seeing Japanese prisoners of war, and how they were treated by their American captors.
Canadian Prisoners of War
Mr. McVicar talks about first seeing the Canadian prisoners of war brought to Australia from Japan, and what it was like to be near Japan for the dropping of the Atomic bomb.
Learning about the War and Doing Something about It
Being from a family well informed about world events, it was important for Mrs Grégoire to enlist when she heard about the war. She tells of her beginnings in the forces.
Strong Women in Difficult Times
After her father died Mrs Grégoire and her mother had to take over all the family businesses to carry them through the depression.
After Basic Training... Parades and Movie Stars
Mrs Grégoire tells us about all the up sides of clerical training in Toronto.
Stationed in Scoudouc
One woman among five hundred men! Mrs. Grégoire recounts how life was for her and how the "boys" treated her during her very first military posting.
The Advantageous and Ill Effects of Working for Intelligence Service
Knowing where her soldier husband to be was throughout the war was a good thing but keeping secrecy was something else...
VJ Day in Ottawa
Because she worked in a top secret intelligence office, Mrs Grégoire did not get to celebrate much on VJ Day but she describes the ambiance in Ottawa on that day.
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