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We hoofed it all the way
Mr. Gleason describes moving from Arras to Amiens on foot.. He has an interesting take on the army’s definition of “non-essential kit.”
Digging trenches
Mr. Gleason describes the long hours and drudgery of digging trenches which were sometimes never used.
Enlightening experience
Mr. Gleason describes being helped to a dressing station by a badly wounded Japanese-Canadian soldier from an adjacent battalion, and years later giving a neighbour a lesson in tolerance.
Over the top
Mr. Gleason describes the assault at Vimy Ridge on the fourth day, losing three friends, being wounded, and nearly drowning trying to evade enemy shelling.
They were Canadians
Mr. MacLellan reflects on how nationalistic Canadian soldiers were, and how he now interacts with his fellow Veterans.
Casualty clearing station
Mr. MacLellan describes his good fortune to be cared for by a young American doctor who had enlisted to gain experience prior to United States involvement, and whose skills saved his leg from amputation.
The rats were well fed
Mr. MacLellan describes his involvement at Ypres. He gets drunk after his commanding officer is killed beside him, later he’s in the front line shooting the enemy, and he’s wounded because his fear of rats won’t let him shoot from the prone position.
A lot of fellows broke down
Mr. MacLellan describes his naivete early in the war and gaining the confidence of his men as the war progressed.
The Mounted Rifles
Mr. MacLellan describes his underage enlistment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, joining the 22nd Battalion at Valcartier, moving to the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles, and finally sailing to England aboard the German cattle boat, Herschel.
I never got a scratch
Mr. MacLeod describes the more specific details of his personal experience at Vimy; the sudden death of his partner while he remained unscathed through the assault.
You couldn't see anything
Mr. MacLeod describes in general his assault at Vimy and in particular how the snow helped them surprise the enemy. Describes an incident where many fleeing Germans are machine gunned.
Captain’s orders
Mr. MacLeod describes a retaliatory ambush on No Man’s Land in which the C.O.’s orders are overruled by Mr. MacLeod, and a German patrol is neutralized by his section’s pre-emptive attack.
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