Job Opportunities with the Signal Corps
Heroes Remember
Job Opportunities with the Signal Corps
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Description
Mr. Heron explains his duties as part of the Signal Corps and his interest in technical work.
Roy Heron
Mr. Roy Heron was born in January 1920, in Kingston, Jamaica. The Heron family, was of elite stature, owning several Islands of Jamaica, and provided Mr. Heron with private school. At age 11, his family moved him to Cleveland, Ohio to live with his aunt. Mr. Heron desire was to become an electrician, but while attending technical school he faced racial discrimination. He left and attended academic school, graduated and moved to New York. In 1940, Mr. Heron joined the Norwegian Merchant Marine and after two years came to Canada and joined the army with the Signal Corps. In 1946, he was discharged from the army and returned to the Canadian merchant marine for a few years. Mr. Heron returned to Montreal, Quebec and worked in the construction industry. He married and raised a family.
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 1:15
- Person Interviewed:
- Roy Heron
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- England
- Branch:
- Army
- Occupation:
- Engineer
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