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They got caught in a terrible snowstorm
Mr. MacKenzie describes the four different aircraft used for training in Ontario and Quebec.
An 'A' crash was a shovel job
Mr. MacKenzie gives a general description of aircraft recovery.
Service on a old US commissioned Destroyer
Mr. Wight talks about transferring from his first corvette, to an old US First World War four-stacker destroyer that was given to the British Navy from the Americans.
His first ship
Mr. Wight talks about his first assignment to a ship in the British navy. He talks about how a sailor finds his new ship and the protocol to board the ship.
The trip overseas
The journey across the Atlantic took Mr. Wight nine days. He sailed aboard the troop ship Lady Rodney. It took less than 24 hours for Mr. Wight to realize what he had gotten himself in for, as he was exposed to his first air raid.
Why he joined
Mr. Wight, who was not quite 18 talks about the reasons of why he volunteered for service in the British Armed Forces.
Unfathomable Destruction
Mr. Peterson remembers not being able to fathom the destruction done by the atomic bombs dropped on Japan while he was interned.
Christmas Propaganda
Mr Peterson recalls the Christmas of 1944, and how their day of relief was nothing more than a propaganda exercise.
Slave Labour Selection
Mr Peterson recalls the selection process of the slave Labour drafts.
Diseases
Mr Peterson recalls the toll disease took on the POWs in Shamshuipo POW Camp: diphtheria, beri-beri, dysentery, malaria, and hot feet.
Escape
Mr. Peterson tells about the now famous incident of four Winnipeg Grenadiers escaping from North Point POW Camp, and how he was supposed to be amoung them.
"I'd rather shoot myself"
Mr Peterson recalls what he said he’d do if he was to be captured, and what happened when the time came.
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