Being in Belgium and Germany at the End of the War.

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Being in Belgium and Germany at the End of the War.

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Belgium, yeah it was the fall of ‘44. It was about the same really, the food was better I think. We had white bread there which was something. The food wasn’t that much better but it was a little bit better I think. And it was kind of fun. There were fifteen of us girls in the 1st Canadian, 1st Echelon with the army group, that was Twenty-One Army Group, and there were fifteen girls there and about 500 men, so that was kinda fun. Oh yeah, well we were there for the Battle of the Bulge. Well it wasn’t anything much. We just, you know, we were pretty well packed ready to get out but I can remember being a bit worried about that. I remember seeing dog fights, lying in bed and seeing dog fights with the airplanes and so on. But we didn’t feel, we really didn’t feel that we were in any great danger. Until after the war was over and then they moved us up into Germany and that wasn’t any fun at all. I went out a couple of times. The girls weren’t allowed out. We had about, I think it was about a mile square and it was (inaudible), it was a beautiful spa sort of thing. Nice hotel and you know really very nice and there was about a mile square with barb wire all around it and we weren’t allowed out. The Germans weren’t allow in, we weren’t allow out of there. The girls weren’t allowed out there unless we had two armed escorts.

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Ms. Walt talks about being in Belgium and Germany at the end of the war. She discusses how girls were not allowed out while in Germany and if they did go out, they had to have escorts.

Anita Catherine Walt

Anita Catherine Walt was born on June 11, 1921 in Port Arthur, Ontario. Her father was an officer in the First World War and remained in Europe afterwards to help with reconstruction as he was an engineer.

After finishing high school Ms. Walt went on to take a secretarial course. After hearing of the Japanese invasion at Pearl Harbour she decided to follow in her father's footsteps and enlist in the army.

Ms. Walt completed her training in Bellevue and Vancouver and shortly thereafter was sent overseas to London, England as a private. She worked there as a stenographer and was in charge of an office.

In the fall of 1944, Ms. Walt was sent to Belgium and spent some time in Germany before coming home to Canada in the fall on 1945.

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Medium:: Video
Owner:: Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:: 01:55
Person Interviewed:: Anita Catherine Walt
War, Conflict or Mission:: Second World War
Branch:: Army
Rank:: Private
Occupation:: Stenographer

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Being in Belgium and Germany at the End of the War.

Heroes Remember