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They Figured we Hadn’t Registered for the Draft

Mr. Murphy describes two scenarios which demonstrate Canada’s early failure to recognize its Hong Kong Veterans and the trauma that they endured.

I had to Sign Three or Four Times to get the Laces

Mr. Murphy reflects on certain aspects of his return to Canada and to his family home in Quebec.

I saw This Plane Pass in the Sky

Mr. Murphy describes events on the day the A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and seeing the human and physical damage when the war ended.

They Made Miners out of Us

Mr. Murphy provides an excellent description of his duties as a hard rock miner.

I got Alongside of a Porthole

Mr. Murphy describes being selected for labour camp, the boat ride to Nagasaki, and moving into the Omine mining camp.

The People Were Dying off Like Flies

Mr. Murphy describes North Point POW camp - poor accommodations, meagre rations and disease.

You Can’t say, “I’m not Going.”

Mr. Murphy describes his final action before being forced to surrender to the Japanese.

He had a Kitbag Full of Grenades

Mr. Murphy describes general fighting conditions in Hong Kong. He talks about close combat and its toll - his brother died beside him. And he becomes very emotional about having killed one of the enemy.

Is the War Over or Not?.

Mr. White describes events in Sham Shui Po that indicated that the war was ending.

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.

The Cost of Information

Mr. White describes being in the Kai Tek airport work gangs, and the cost of the subversion which occurred there.

POW Diseases

Mr. White discusses the large variety of diseases experienced by inmates of the POW camps.

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