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The Field Surgical Unit at Saint-Omer
Ms. Drean describes the role of the Field Surgical Unit in Saint-Omer, France, its staffing complement, and what her specific duties were.
Physical and mental preparation
Ms. Drean discusses having to participate in regular parade drill as physical preparation for deployment, and despite having had no hands on contact with the war wounded as yet, feeling ready to do her job well.
Finally Going Home!
Mr. Tarling speaks about his journey back to Canada and the apprehension about seeing his fiancée.
Value Of Being Walked By Nurses
Mr. Tarling recalls the consistency in care by the nurses in getting him to walk.
Dr. Tilley, a Wonderful Man!
Mr. Tarling expresses his respect and admiration for Dr. Tilley in saving his hand and leg.
Trying to Save My Hand
Mr. Tarling recalls when Dr. Tilley saves his hand using skin graft from his own body.
Recovery process
Mr. Tarling describes his injuries
Surviving The Crash
Mr. Tarling describes the Wellington crash and his escape.
Canadian and English hospital service
After her husband had been mortally wounded at Ortona, and following his death Ms. Smith-Adamson enlists in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps as an operating room nurse. She serves in military hospitals in Toronto and Camp Borden, and later in a convalescent hospital in England. Her request for a transfer to the continent is granted.
To #1 Casualty Clearing Station
Ms. Smith-Adamson describes arriving in Njimegen only to find that her documents and kit are missing. A doctor acquaintance arranges for her to join #1 Casualty Clearing Station in Sogol, Germany where she remains with the Army of Occupation for a year.
Treating Field Marshall Montgomery
Ms. Smith-Adamson describes being the only nurse at her hospital denied an opportunity to see Field Marshall Montgomery during his visit to Germany. Ironically, his aircraft crashes and he arrives at her hospital for x-rays and a checkup. She is his nurse while he is there.
Freedom For Our Country
Mr. MacDonell provides his view on how Canadians should preserve this wonderful culture and country that we live in and recounts how fortunate we are to be Canadian.
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