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Obtaining a Motorcycle
Mr. Wilkinson shares his experience of being given a motorcycle by Canadian naval officers and how he put it to good use.
A Delivery to Montgomery
Mr. Wilkinson tells of his journey to deliver a letter to General Montgomery after being held up for five days at the Isle of Wight.
Provost Corps
After becoming wounded and spending some time in a holding unit, Mr. Wilkinson explains his reasons for joining the Provost Corps.
An Unkept Promise
Ms. Carter discusses Mackenzie King's promise of 1st Class passage back to Canada versus the reality of dirty accommodations in the belly of the ship in which she sailed home.
VE Day in London
Ms. Carter describes the joyous mob in Trafalgar square on VE Day.
Anti-Fascist Reprisal
Ms. Carter describes how, in Rome, she and a friend are forced by an anti-fascist mob to witness the killing of a fascist, whose heart is torn out while he is still alive.
A Nurse's Intuition
Ms. Carter describes treating a patient who wouldn't wake who had been diagnosed as a psychiatric case. Ms. Carter realizes that the soldier, a stretcher bearer, is suffering from extreme exhaustion, and refutes the earlier diagnosis.
The Hospital in Rome
Ms. Carter describes treating German POWs at her field hospital, and being assisted very ably by a German prisoner.
The First Use of Penicillin
Ms. Carter describes using penicillin for the first time. Instead of being injected, it was rubbed directly on the wound and was extremely painful.
Al Capone's Chauffeur
Ms. Carter describes being looked up by an ambulance driver from the Royal Victoria Hospital with whom she had worked before the war. He had been Al Capone's driver.
Winter Conditions in the Field Hospital
Ms. Carter describes the field hospital in Trani, Italy and what conditions were like in the winter.
Treating malaria in the desert
Ms. Carter describes treating soldiers from Sicily who had contracted malaria. She describes the symptoms of the disease, and the difficulty of diagnosing the strain of the disease with only one microscope to analyze blood samples.
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