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Two Hundred Men Under Strength.
Mr. White describes the inadequate strength, health and training of the Hong Kong force.
My Introduction to War
Mr. White discusses Britain’s naive skepticism about Japan attacking Hong Kong. He describes confusion among the Canadian soldiers experiencing their first Japanese air raid.
We Started to Dig a Big Pit to Bury Them In
Mr. White describes trying to evacuate and bury the dead from a bombed out residence, and being thwarted by a mortar attack.
A Close Call With Grenades
Mr. White describes an amusing but frightening experience shortly after the surrender of Hong Kong.
Help From A Japanese Guard
Mr. White describes an amusing experience involving some local peddlers and a helpful Japanese guard.
The Kamloops Kid
Mr. White describes a notorious and extremely abusive Japanese guard, aka the Kamloops Kid, a Japanese Canadian who returned home to help with Japan’s war effort.
POW Diseases
Mr. White discusses the large variety of diseases experienced by inmates of the POW camps.
The Cost of Information
Mr. White describes being in the Kai Tek airport work gangs, and the cost of the subversion which occurred there.
Red Cross Parcels
Mr. White discusses how important the Red Cross supply packages were to the POW’s, and how everything in them was shared among the inmates.
Is the War Over or Not?.
Mr. White describes events in Sham Shui Po that indicated that the war was ending.
Churchill Said we Should not Fight for Hong Kong
Mr. White reflects on the events that led to Canada’s involvement in Hong Kong, and the struggle by Veterans of that theatre of war to receive an adequate pension.
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