Winnipeg Grenadiers

Mr Lynch talks about arriving in Hong Kong and where he was located after the Japanese attacked.

Mr. Peterson looks back at how his service and internment affected him later in life.

Mr. Peterson recalls the reaction of some young local boys when their playmate was accidentally killed by air dropped supplies.

Mr. Peterson remembers discovering that Japan had surrendered to the Americans.

Mr. Peterson remembers not being able to fathom the destruction done by the atomic bombs dropped on Japan while he was interned.

Mr Peterson recalls the Christmas of 1944, and how their day of relief was nothing more than a propaganda exercise.

Mr Peterson recalls the selection process of the slave Labour drafts.

Mr Peterson recalls the toll disease took on the POWs in Shamshuipo POW Camp: diphtheria, beri-beri, dysentery, malaria, and hot feet.

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.

Mr Peterson recalls what he said he’d do if he was to be captured, and what happened when the time came.