Description
Mr Law tells us about one time he hit a Japanese guard.
Reginald Law
Reginald Law was born on April 13th, 1920 in Flatland, New Brunswick. His father took sick from his job as a fish warden so Mr. Law was called to work during grade eight to fill in as a fish guide until he joined the army when he was nineteen. He enlisted at Valcartier, Quebec and joined the Royal Rifles of Canada.
Transcript
I was a young man, I just turned 21. I was 197 the day I was taken prisoner of war, I think I weighed 197. My first experience and one of my first things, a Japanese said something to me and I hit him and big fellow and young and I hit him very, very hard but they all, five or six of them turned to me and that’s the worst trimming, I got an awful trimming from them. But that was our first experience, my first experience with what was headed for.
Meta Data
Under capture by Japanese
Medium
Video
Owner
Veterans Affairs Canada
War, Conflict or Mission
Second World War
Location/Theatre
Hong Kong
Campaign
Hong Kong
Person Interviewed
Reginald Law
Branch
Army
Units/Ship
Royal Rifles of Canada
Recorded
Duration
0:39