Stay or Go
Heroes Remember
Interviewer: With your tour of duty in Korea
being over, you had to make a decision as
to whether or not to stay in the Canadian
military or demobilize...
Well, I'm gonna tell you the
truth what happened. 1957,
I was called in to...
if I was gonna sign up again.
I said, "No, I'm gonna get out and see
what's going on, on civvy street,
and if I don't like it, I'll come back."
So, that night... They used to call me
"Baby Chaisson" ‘cause I only weighed
about 112 pounds when I joined,
anyway, so they had...
"We're gonna have a party for you, Danny."
Ok, down at the canteen, had a party.
Next morning, I got up, boy, I wasn't
feeling too good, so I went over and
told the guys, "Bye, I hope to see you
one of these days." Sergeant Major Powell said,
"Where're you going?" I said, "I'm going home."
He said, "No, you're not."
I'd signed on for six years, and didn't know it.
So that made nine years,
so I decided to make it a career.
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