Ms. MacNeil tells us the reasons why she joined the Canadian Army. She also describes where she worked and the duties she performed.
It’s about people
Mr. MacKenzie offers Remembrance Day reflections about lost friends, past service and the impact of his local Royal Canadian Legion.
Britain was a mess
Mr. MacKenzie discusses the value of so much aircraft training in Canada
They'd all be put on a truck
Mr. MacKenzie describes aircraft recovery on land and in the water.
They got caught in a terrible snowstorm
Mr. MacKenzie describes the four different aircraft used for training in Ontario and Quebec.
An 'A' crash was a shovel job
Mr. MacKenzie gives a general description of aircraft recovery.
Service on a old US commissioned Destroyer
Mr. Wight talks about transferring from his first corvette, to an old US First World War four-stacker destroyer that was given to the British Navy from the Americans.
His first ship
Mr. Wight talks about his first assignment to a ship in the British navy. He talks about how a sailor finds his new ship and the protocol to board the ship.
The trip overseas
The journey across the Atlantic took Mr. Wight nine days. He sailed aboard the troop ship Lady Rodney. It took less than 24 hours for Mr. Wight to realize what he had gotten himself in for, as he was exposed to his first air raid.
Why he joined
Mr. Wight, who was not quite 18 talks about the reasons of why he volunteered for service in the British Armed Forces.
Near Mutiny on the Awatea
Mr Peterson describes the tight quarters onboard the, Awatea and the near mutiny that occurred before leaving the port of Vancouver.
The Triangle run and service in the St. Lawrence.
Mr. Carroll describes routes that he sailed on in the Atlantic. His service also brought him into the St. Lawrence bay where enemy submarines were known to frequent.