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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.

Unfathomable Destruction

Mr. Peterson remembers not being able to fathom the destruction done by the atomic bombs dropped on Japan while he was interned.

Christmas Propaganda

Mr Peterson recalls the Christmas of 1944, and how their day of relief was nothing more than a propaganda exercise.

Slave Labour Selection

Mr Peterson recalls the selection process of the slave Labour drafts.

Diseases

Mr Peterson recalls the toll disease took on the POWs in Shamshuipo POW Camp: diphtheria, beri-beri, dysentery, malaria, and hot feet.

Escape

Mr. Peterson tells about the now famous incident of four Winnipeg Grenadiers escaping from North Point POW Camp, and how he was supposed to be amoung them.

"I'd rather shoot myself"

Mr Peterson recalls what he said he’d do if he was to be captured, and what happened when the time came.

Reunited

Mr. Peterson recalls the night he was reunited with his twin brother during the Battle of Hong Kong.

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