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Fitness is the Key to Success
Mr. Roberts expresses the importance of being fit and how it affects one’s attitude.
Opportunity for Deployment to Bosnia
As a reservist, Mr. Roberts speaks about his pleasure in being selected for deployment to Bosnia and how he was able to put his newly acquired skills to the test.
Impact of Wearing the Canadian Uniform
Mr. Roberts recalls the positive impact that the uniform had on the local children and the overall improved environment the Canadian military fostered.
A Typical Day on Patrol
Mr. Roberts describes a typical day traveling through the villages interacting with the locals and ensuring their needs are met to the best of their ability.
Escorting Convoys
Mr. Roberts describes the responsibilities that come with escorting convoys and the need to be on alert at all times.
Suicide Bomber Attacks
Mr. Roberts speaks about a couple of occasions where suicide bombers detonated themselves a little too close to their convoys, a situation where training becomes key in the ability to control a very tense environment.
Psychological Consequences of Disease
Mr. Atkinson translates his hospital experiences into the theory that married men who had left young families behind were the least likely to survive disease.
Stealing Food was Worth the Risk
Mr. Atkinson describes himself as becoming an experienced thief while working in the Niigata shipyard. He feels the rewards of stealing food for himself and the other prisoners far outweighed the consequences of getting caught.
Bad guard - good guard
Mr. Atkinson describes the punishments he and a comrade received after being caught smuggling stolen soybeans into their camp in Niigata. They are beaten, branded as thieves, and forced to stand at attention all night. The following day, they're back to work as usual. When their guard at the shipyard finds out what had happened, he allows them to sleep for the day.
Dooby The Ferret
Mr. Atkinson describes how his buddy Dooby managed to steal sugar, which was then smuggled back to Niigata camp to be shared with everyone, including the medical staff and their patients.
A Barracks Collapses Causing Death and Injury
Mr. Atkinson describes the collapse of his barracks roof. The falling beams kill eight POW’s and crush his and five others' pelvises. After some time, he is advised by a captured American doctor to start moving, or he wouldn't walk again. His mobility returns, and he goes back to work in the Niigata shipyard.
A Promise is Honored
Mr. Atkinson describes being beaten, against the camp commandant's orders, for making a mistake while working in the Niigata shipyard. The person responsible for his beating disappears from the yard within two weeks.
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