Description
Mr. Terry tries to explain what it feels like to be scared for your life.
Bob Terry
Bob Terry was born on May 30, 1936 in London, England. He remembers walking in London and seeing a sign saying “come to Canada” and that is when he decided to join. After basic training in Trenton he was posted to the Congo. Later Mr. Terry went to Cyprus where he served with the Royal Signals maintaining radio masts for the British. After leaving the military he worked as a salesman and a commissioner.
Transcript
I was scared, continuously for ten months, two days, four hours and 25 minutes, and yeah, then you say what am I doing here? That’s basically.... I said before you go into survival mode. You don’t philosophize about the rights and the wrongs and what have you. You’re interested in getting out of there really in one piece. It was anarchy, I could spell anarchy but I’d never seen it and I not only saw it, I experienced it. Complete breakdown of law and order.