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Arriving in Hong Kong

Arriving in Hong Kong

Mr Lynch talks about arriving in Hong Kong and where he was located after the Japanese attacked.

Word Of Surrender

Word Of Surrender

Mr Lynch tells about the day he got word of the pending surrender and how he felt about it.

Captured

Captured

Mr Lynch tells about waiting to be taken prisoner and being mistaken for British.

G-String

G-String

Mr Lynch talks about the clothes they wore while they were under capture in Hong Kong.

Sickness And Death

Sickness And Death

Mr Lynch tells of the death toll and the sickness such as dysentery and malaria.that inflicted the soldiers.

Labor in Japan

Labor in Japan

Mr Lynch talks about the trip to Japan in the hold of a coal barge and some of the jobs that he and his soldiers performed while in captivity.

Big Boom Coming

Big Boom Coming

Mr Lynch talks about the buzz leading up to the ninth of August 1945, and how the events unfolded.

Treated Like Kings by the Americans

Treated Like Kings by the Americans

Mr Lynch finally makes his way to an American ship to start his journey home with a few pit stops.

Homecoming

Homecoming

Mr Lynch finally arrives in Canada on November 23, 1945.

Final Thought

Final Thought

Mr Lynch talks about how he feels now many years after the war.

Fellowship of War Prisoners

Fellowship of War Prisoners

Mr Lynch talks about prisoners of war.

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