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We had a very nice trip over.

Mr. Manson describes arriving in Halifax, waiting to ship overseas, and having unusually good accommodations on the voyage to England.

Contribution of WRENS (Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service) to armed services in Canada.

Margot Ligertwood discusses her look at the WRENS (Women’s Royal Canadian Naval) service and the contribution they made to the war effort in Canada.

That turned into the Legion.

Mr. Joslin describes how the Royal Canadian Legion came into being.

I knew a hundred bugle calls.

Mr. Joslin describes learning to play the bugle as a youth, purchasing his first army bugle, and concludes by describing his role as an army bugler.

God, the machine gun bullets!

Mr. Joslin describes the action at Cambrai that saw the Canadian Highlanders decimated by German machine gunners. He describes being wounded in the hand and complications arising from having a finger amputated.

I saw a sub come up.

Mr. Joslin describes personally spotting and reporting a German submarine off the Irish coast while sailing to England, and how his vessel’s gunnery crew destroys the enemy intruder.