I Think we Were Among the First POWs to be Taken
Heroes Remember
I Think we Were Among the First POWs to be Taken
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Description
Mr. Yeadon describes the sea voyage to Yokohama and being sent to Kawasaki #1 POW camp.
Francis Edison Yeadon
Francis Edison Yeadon was born in Spryfield, Nova Scotia, on September 24, 1924. He was the youngest in a family of eight. After leaving school at the age of 16, he joined the Merchant Navy in Halifax. Mr. Yeadon completed one successful North Atlantic convoy, before being captured at sea while transporting a shipload of arms to India. He remained aboard the German “raider” for several months, finally being turned over to the Japanese at Yokohama. Included is a good account of the American bombing(s) which led to Japan’s capitulation. Mr. Yeadon remained in the merchant marine after the war, due, as he says, to the lack of educational opportunities offered to Veterans of the Armed Forces.
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 3:06
- Person Interviewed:
- Francis Edison Yeadon
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Japan
- Battle/Campaign:
- North Atlantic
- Branch:
- Merchant Navy
- Occupation:
- Seaman
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