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VJ Day Reflection

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VJ Day Reflection

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You know the war wasn't over until those bombs were dropped and Canadians, in particular, don't know anything that happened in South East Asia. They don't know the war we've just been talking about. They don't realize that on the "Hammie" Grey, who's name you may know, the only Canadian in the navy, Canadian navy officer who won a VC, was the day before the war ended, an attack on destroyers in central Japan. And so, the war was going on, and it was a fierce war, and we had, one of the papers I have given to you, I did some research on Canadian man power in the far east, mainly aircrew and mainly pilots. One quarter of all the aircrew in Burma Allied, no not Allied cause the U.S., Commonwealth aircrew, were Canadians at the end of the war. So there, a large Canadian establishment out there, even if there were only three Canadian squadrons. And ah, then again in the Pacific, the British carriers had a lot of Canadians on them, including Hamilton Grey, who won the VC by his, day before the end of the war. And one of the things that upset some of us who were there is that, in Great Britain this year they're going to celebrate the sixtieth year of the end of the war in July and yet this is a compromise between V-E and V-J Day. And yet the war was fierce and could have been fiercer, and it wasn't finished until, V-J Day. Interviewer: Very Good.
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Mr. Sutherland-Brown talks about how Canadians don’t know much about the war against Japan.

Atholl Sutherland Brown

Mr. Sutherland Brown was born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1923. Mr. Sutherland was the youngest of three sons, all of whom where in the military. His father had an extensive military background, but resigned just before Hitler took power. Mr. Sutherland enlisted at the age of 16 as a private with the Piper 16th Canadian Scottish. He then finished his education at Victoria College before joining the air force at 18.

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Video
Owner:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:
02:09
Person Interviewed:
Atholl Sutherland Brown
War, Conflict or Mission:
Second World War
Location/Theatre:
Asia
Branch:
Air Force
Units/Ship:
Bullfighter Squadron
Occupation:
Pilot

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