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Captured
Mr Lynch tells about waiting to be taken prisoner and being mistaken for British.
G-String
Mr Lynch talks about the clothes they wore while they were under capture in Hong Kong.
Sickness And Death
Mr Lynch tells of the death toll and the sickness such as dysentery and malaria.that inflicted the soldiers.
Labor in Japan
Mr Lynch talks about the trip to Japan in the hold of a coal barge and some of the jobs that he and his soldiers performed while in captivity.
Big Boom Coming
Mr Lynch talks about the buzz leading up to the ninth of August 1945, and how the events unfolded.
Treated Like Kings by the Americans
Mr Lynch finally makes his way to an American ship to start his journey home with a few pit stops.
Homecoming
Mr Lynch finally arrives in Canada on November 23, 1945.
Final Thought
Mr Lynch talks about how he feels now many years after the war.
Saved By A Clerical Error
Mr. Boicey describes being held back from boarding HMCS Ville Du Quebec, because a mistake had been made in his paperwork. Shortly thereafter she was sunk.
Escorting Convoys on the Triangle Run
Mr. Boicey names the ports and describes the convoy routes where his vessel, HMCS Nanaimo, patrolled in an effort to protect Allied shipping on what he calls The Triangle Run.
They Were First Class Seamen
Mr. Boicey reflects on comrades both living and lost at sea, and discusses the fact that, although many had had no familiarity with the sea, they became first class sailors.
Hunger and civilian interaction in France
Mr. Page discusses the hunger among French civilians and watching children licking out empty meat tins. He also describes being billeted with a French family and their little girl crying for a goodbye kiss.
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