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Small Port of Dieppe
Mr. Field goes over to the continent after the summer of 1944, and lands at Dieppe.
Awaiting the War
Mr. Field talks about people in high school enlisting, and describes he and his father enlisting in 1943.
The War Was Coming
Mr. Field talks about knowing the war was coming, and describes reading about it in the newspaper and talking about it.
Air Planes in the Morning
Mr. Field talks about the Battle of the Bulge and what (little) he saw of it.
The Big Barrage
Mr. Field recounts about his unit moving to the south coast of Beveland and undertaking a large scale (support) barrage to drive the Germans out.
First Attack With the Infantry
Mr. Field talks about his first attack with his infantry, and the sensation of being machine gunned.
First Shell Fire (Part 2 of 2)
Mr. Field describes the slow fighting in Beveland and the first time he came under fire.
Remembering
Mr. Horowitz remembers his own involvement, how he would have done it again and tells us how to honour the fallen and their families and what we should remember on Remembrance Day.
A Message to Today’s Youth
Mr. Horowitz advises today's youth on what they should get out of the war (the past) and how it is inextricably tied in to their future.
Lest We Forget
Mr. Horowitz talks very wisely and philosophically about what we have, have not and should have learned from the war.
Admiration for The British
Mr. Horowitz continues talking about how he admired the British. He also talks about Canada-England post war relations in a very humorous way.
Helping After the War
Mr. Horowitz talks about moving back to England and working for Veterans Affairs there and then coming back to Canada but not wanting to work for Veterans Affairs here (to move on with his life).
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