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Description
Mr. Sutherland describes being advised by his sergeant to shoot less accurately lest he be chosen for sniper duty; all snipers were hated and executed if captured.
Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland est né au Cap-Breton, en Nouvelle-Écosse, le 28 janvier 1893. Quand il avait dix-neuf ans, lui et son frère Jack se sont rendus en train dans l’ouest du Canada pour aider à faire les moissons. Il y est demeuré le reste de sa vie. Peu après son arrivée dans les Prairies, lui et son frère se sont enrôlés dans l’Armée canadienne et ont finalement été envoyés outre-mer avec le Corps expéditionnaire canadien.
Transcription
This Sergeant White from Ontario, he took a great liking to me, you know. I never saw him before. So he told me, he said, “Your marks are too ...” We were shooting out over the sea and I thought it was a great thing! So he called me aside and he said, “Look,” he said, “Dan, they’re going to make a sharp shooter out of you and you lay off of those or you’ll be ... you don’t want to be ...” And I said, “I certainly don’t.” “Well, don’t try to hit those marks. Shoot in the sea there.” So he told me, but it was good. I didn’t want to be a sniper, because they never took snipers in the war. The minute they took him they put a bullet in him. All armies.
Catégories
I thought it was a great thing!
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
First World War
Emplacement géographique
Europe
Personne interviewée
Donald Sutherland
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
52nd Battalion
Military Rank
Private
Occupation
Infantryman
Durée
1:12