The A-Bomb
Heroes Remember
The A-Bomb
Transcript
Picture of 3 Chinese Canadian Servicemen sitting together on steps
from the Chinese from across Canada, lots of them we neverPicture of Chinese Canadian Soldier standing by sign.
knew and we met them and we were all buddies and we. Just likeTwo Canadian Chinese Servicemen with Chinese female.
Four Canadian Chinese Servicemen together.
anybody else I guess, we had to look after each other. Matter of fact, as I said to start this conversation with you, those were the best times of my life. This is where it all started, this Special Operative Executive (SOE), under Kendall and he apparently started with 13 to start with, you know, from British Columbia and I think they trained in Penticton, in the Okanagan and Douglas Jung was one of them. He is the first Chinese member of parliament for the conservative government,Picture of Douglas Jung, Member of Parliament
he was one of the boys that was in that group. Well right after that we finished, just towards the end of the war, just beforePicture of two Chinese Soldiers, in tropical uniforms.
the end of the war that's when we were knowledgeable to go in and groups were flying in there already, you know, lucky nobodySoldier overlooking hilltops with helmet on and equipment on his back.
got killed or anything, because it was not long after then that the war ended, when they, they dropped the atomic bomb. That really saved our life, I think if it wasn't for the bomb I think we would be all dead and if the Japanese caught us, we would be just, you know, they're won't be any Geneva rule about us, you know, we'd be shot on the spot, because we were actually spies in that sense.Description
Mr. Wong talks about how the Chinese supported each other, and how they were just beginning operations when the war in Japan ended. He speaks about how the atomic bomb probably saved his life.
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:
- 02:29
- Person Interviewed:
- Victor Eric Wong
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Burma
- Branch:
- Army
- Occupation:
- Rifleman
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