Living in Close Quarters

Heroes Remember

Living in Close Quarters

Transcript

You’re over there for one purpose I guess, you know, I guess to come out of it alive was one thing. You watch over each other and we lived in close quarters, you know. Your buddy was right there, you know, it’s a great bond that way and had a few beer together and took your meals together and just, you know, being together for a whole year the bond is there and it’s, you know... We’re trained to get along with people to a certain extent, but when you’re in close quarters you bond together quite more than, you know, if you’re in the barracks or... 24 hours a day with buddies means a lot, yeah.

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Mr. Carney relates his experiences of comradery when living close to his fellow soldiers.

Cy Carney

Mr. Cy Carney was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He grew up in a coal mining town where his father worked in the coal mine. Coal mining not being a career Mr. Carney would settle for, he decided to join the Army. In 1950, Mr. Carney joined the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals as a signalman. Mr. Carney’s initial thought was to join for three years, but his military career spanned 29 years. After the Korean War, Mr. Carney served in other missions with the Canadian Forces to include two years in Yukon, three years in Europe under NATO as a machinist, and in 1969 he was posted to Cyprus under the Black Watch as an electrician for a six month tour. After retiring from the military, Mr. Carney was employed at the Owen Plant in Grand Lake for 17 years. Mr. Carney married and had five children.

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