The look of Them
Heroes Remember
Transcript
Men had a lot of boils in their necks and
one orderly would help another to clean
up their neck or something like that and
you know, you didn't have a blade,
you had a hard time to shave,
you know, your face,
you'd leave your whisker was growing and
you'd get sores and that and when
you did have a chance, it was just God awful.
I brought some pictures to show them, my wife,
I have a daughter that never looked at them
but I've had people that looked at some of them
pictures I have of Hong Kong fellows when
we landed back in Gordon Head, BC.
They had a hard time to
believe it was Canadians.
I mean, they were sent to me by a
friend of mine from the west coast that
a nurse took of us when we came back
from Hong Kong and landed in Gordon Head, BC.
Not good to look at.
Description
Mr Law talks about some pictures that he had sent to him from that time in his life.
Reginald Law
Reginald Law was born on April 13th, 1920 in Flatland, New Brunswick. His father took sick from his job as a fish warden so Mr. Law was called to work during grade eight to fill in as a fish guide until he joined the army when he was nineteen. He enlisted at Valcartier, Quebec and joined the Royal Rifles of Canada.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- February 10, 1998
- Duration:
- 0:54
- Person Interviewed:
- Reginald Law
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Hong Kong
- Battle/Campaign:
- Hong Kong
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- Royal Rifles of Canada
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