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POW Diseases
Mr. White discusses the large variety of diseases experienced by inmates of the POW camps.
The Cost of Information
Mr. White describes being in the Kai Tek airport work gangs, and the cost of the subversion which occurred there.
Red Cross Parcels
Mr. White discusses how important the Red Cross supply packages were to the POW’s, and how everything in them was shared among the inmates.
Is the War Over or Not?.
Mr. White describes events in Sham Shui Po that indicated that the war was ending.
He had a Kitbag Full of Grenades
Mr. Murphy describes general fighting conditions in Hong Kong. He talks about close combat and its toll - his brother died beside him. And he becomes very emotional about having killed one of the enemy.
You Can’t say, “I’m not Going.”
Mr. Murphy describes his final action before being forced to surrender to the Japanese.
The People Were Dying off Like Flies
Mr. Murphy describes North Point POW camp - poor accommodations, meagre rations and disease.
I got Alongside of a Porthole
Mr. Murphy describes being selected for labour camp, the boat ride to Nagasaki, and moving into the Omine mining camp.
They Made Miners out of Us
Mr. Murphy provides an excellent description of his duties as a hard rock miner.
I saw This Plane Pass in the Sky
Mr. Murphy describes events on the day the A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and seeing the human and physical damage when the war ended.
I had to Sign Three or Four Times to get the Laces
Mr. Murphy reflects on certain aspects of his return to Canada and to his family home in Quebec.
They Figured we Hadn’t Registered for the Draft
Mr. Murphy describes two scenarios which demonstrate Canada’s early failure to recognize its Hong Kong Veterans and the trauma that they endured.
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