Embarking to India

Heroes Remember

Embarking to India

Transcript

And we landed in Liverpool and from Liverpool we took a train to London, and I can remember we stayed in a little sort of a building on Wimbledon Street and we stayed there for, in England for about a month I believe. And then later on we went back to Liverpool, to embark to India, going down the Rock of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, down the Red Sea, then turned around from the Red Sea to, through the Indian Ocean to Bombay, India. I believe my both parents were kinda sad, you know, seeing us leave. They accepted that, our decision to go, but I don't think they were very happy seeing us go, but we had to go. And, you know, in those days we thought we were immortal, we never had any none until we actually were ready to go, that you know you felt kind of apprehensive. We never encountered anything, I think at that time the allies controlled the Mediterranean Sea at the time, at that time you know they took I think, I believe they occupied all of North Africa then, you know, when the Germans weren't around to cause any problems.

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Mr. Wong talks about shipping out to the far east; his parents' feelings about him having signed up; and his own sense of excitement mixed with trepidation.

Victor Eric Wong

Mr Wong was born in Victoria, BC and enlisted in 1944 at the age of 18. He went overseas to fight in China after training at Camp Shiloh in Manitoba. He was a rifleman with the Special Operative Executive that fought in Burma and was trained in guerilla warfare.

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Medium:: Video
Owner:: Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:: 01:58
Person Interviewed:: Victor Eric Wong
War, Conflict or Mission:: Second World War
Location/Theatre:: Burma

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Embarking to India

Heroes Remember