Concrete Obstacles and Collaborators
Heroes Remembers - Liberation of the Netherlands
Concrete Obstacles and Collaborators
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Description
Mr. McCabe describes removing concrete pillars placed by the Dutch to deter German aircraft from landing on Holland’s highways. Collaborators were given the ‘grunt’ work such as drilling holes for explosives in the pillars.
Eugene McCabe
Eugene McCabe, the third of six children in a blended family, was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on August 21, 1923. Mr. McCabe’s father was a carpenter. He finished Grade 8, and like most of his friends, decided to join the army. Between 1937 and 1939, he served as a batman, earning an extra ten cents a day. After shipping overseas, he joined the 30th Field Company as a sapper. The 30th Field Company saw action from France through to post-war Germany, clearing and laying mines, but principally building bridges to facilitate the Allied advance. After the war, Mr. McCabe worked at St. Dunstan’s, UPEI for 38 years.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:29
- Person Interviewed:
- Eugene McCabe
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Netherlands
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- 30th Field Company
- Occupation:
- Sapper
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