Seeing Life in a Different Way

It's difficult because, to say, because it was such a changing world. I lived through the depression, the dirty thirties, and they were most felt on the prairies. I lived through the war, through seeing buddies die. It made me more laid back accepting life, not fatalism, but looking at life more casually, respecting other people, and I think most Veterans are no longer violent people. There are no violent Veteran criminals. You, it does make you, I'm not sure what the right word is, but you see life in a, much, acceptable way. As I say, I can feel it but I can't express it.

Mr. Romanow speaks of the effects of war on himself.

Joseph Romanow

Mr. Romanow was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1921, to parents who immigrated to Canada in 1911. Mr. Romanow grew up in a Ukranian community and he learned to speak English from his playmates. He joined the Air Force from a youth group, was a mechanic for two years and then trained in Canada and England. He was able to fly in India and Europe, flying many different types of planes. After his university education he returned to the Air Force and worked with the Avro Arrow team.

Medium:: Video
Owner:: Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:: 01:46
Person Interviewed:: Joseph Romanow
War, Conflict or Mission:: Second World War
Branch:: Air Force
Units/Ship:: 62, 435, 437 Squadron
Occupation:: Bomber Pilot

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