Camp 3D
Heroes Remember
Transcript
The camp itself looked a little better
than the one we smashed
up in North Point prison camp.
And we had blankets and I had a
fellow by the name of Tommy Jones,
he was a small fellow and
there was like a seat, there was a mat,
a corner, a haywire mat,
that was on the bed and we had some
blankets and we used to make a bag and
crawl in that at night and sleep.
It was cold, it was cold there.
We weren't used to the cold but
they had a lot of,
I only saw snow once there but
we saw cold weather.
The fire pails at the end of each bed
would freeze and your feet
would have what they called hot feet and
the boys would shove their feet through
that and take the pain away,
you know, it's a...
Interviewer: Now hot feet was from beriberi?
We have it, you know,
most of us have it today.
Description
Mr Law tells a bit about Camp 3D in Japan.
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.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- February 10, 1998
- Duration:
- 0:57
- Person Interviewed:
- Reginald Law
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Hong Kong
- Battle/Campaign:
- Hong Kong
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Royal Rifles of Canada
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