They Didn’t Expect us to be Prisoners.

They sent us over, we had to go. They sent us over. I guess there was, the biggest trouble was, they didn’t expect what we were getting. They didn’t expect that. They didn’t expect us to be prisoners or anything like that.Interviewer: Mr. Moar, when you think back on the men that you served with in the battle of Hong Kong, and in the captivity, three years and eight months of captivity, the men of C force, the Royal Rifles of Canada, the Winnipeg Grenadiers, and the support troops … when you think back on those men, are you proud of what they did? Yes I am, Very proud. Excuse me. Interviewer: Mr. Moar, is it important to you that Canadians have an understanding and an appreciation of what you men went through? Yeah, I do. Interviewer: If you had the opportunity, Mr. Moar, of speaking to young Canadians of this generation or future generations about duty, love of country, patriotism, what would you say to them? Well, I would probably explain to them the things that happened to us when we were in prison camps and things like that. I think that’s one of the things that is very important, that they know about it. My kids know all about it, because I explained everything to them. I keep telling them, and they keep asking questions. How we was treated and things like that. And I keep telling them as much as I could remember. My boy is fifty years old now, so I keep telling him what, you know, to be careful about what he is doing.