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Organization of the 5th Division to combat the Japanese.

Mr. Manson describes his role as a medical officer in British Columbia during the Second World War, first screening Air Force personnel and then as Chief Medical Officer for several field hospitals on the BC coast, which had been established because of the threat of Japanese invasion.

Remembrance Day Reflection

Mr. Manson offers his thoughts on November 11th.

Those are the ones that you must keep in mind.

Mr. Manson reflects on how today’s younger generation has renewed interest in Canada’s Veterans, and offers some advice about gratitude and respect for our Veterans’ efforts in past wars.

Admiration for the “real combat soldiers”

Mr. Manson reflects on whether, based on his lack of combat action, he should even have been interviewed, despite having no choice in his deployment. He expresses his admiration for the “real combat soldiers.”

Our Brigade went to Germany.

Mr. Manson describes the subdued reaction to the armistice, and describes then joining the Army of Occupation in Germany, and in particular interacting with the local civilians.

Our section went to the Bull Ring.

Mr. Manson describes his training regimen at Whitley camp, and being deployed to France. He describes his good fortune to be attached to 2nd Brigade Headquarters.

We had a very nice trip over.

Mr. Manson describes arriving in Halifax, waiting to ship overseas, and having unusually good accommodations on the voyage to England.

That turned into the Legion.

Mr. Joslin describes how the Royal Canadian Legion came into being.

I knew a hundred bugle calls.

Mr. Joslin describes learning to play the bugle as a youth, purchasing his first army bugle, and concludes by describing his role as an army bugler.

God, the machine gun bullets!

Mr. Joslin describes the action at Cambrai that saw the Canadian Highlanders decimated by German machine gunners. He describes being wounded in the hand and complications arising from having a finger amputated.

I saw a sub come up.

Mr. Joslin describes personally spotting and reporting a German submarine off the Irish coast while sailing to England, and how his vessel’s gunnery crew destroys the enemy intruder.

I Don’t Understand War.

Mr. Ford reflects on why war happens at all and reflects on his good fortune to have survived to the age of one hundred and two years.

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