It means a day of grief, I lost a lot of friends.

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Mr. Sandland reflects on English resilience, voluntary vs. conscripted military service, and on the loss of friends during conflict.

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I hope to God that no similar case … that we had in the last one, because it was really bad. Wartime! What experience I had during the time I was in London with the blitzes every night and the poor working people. They had to sleep in lines in shelters. The air raid shelters and how they suffered it, I don’t know. I think the native people, the people in England, they won the war, not the soldiers. They are marvellous, marvellous people, they really were. War is not a pleasant thing to contemplate, I tell you, and the right to push ... the pride of a country into … I always felt that it is really hard to suggest what they should do. Well, I guess if we left, how do you feel to yourself? If you feel that way about it, go ahead, join. But I wouldn’t want this idea to say that you’re forced into this thing. Doesn’t like it because you’re conscripted service.Interviewer: Every year, Mr. Sandland, on November 11th, this country remembers. Remembers only too well. Interviewer: What does that day mean to you? It means a day of grief. I lost a lot of friends. A lot of my friends were killed and you’re bound to feel sad at that particular time. Interviewer: Mr. Sandland, Canada has always been fortunate in having men and women like yourself in times of great crisis. I want you to know sir, that we appreciate very much the service that you gave Canada in two world wars and we want to thank you very much for the service that you’ve given us today by allowing us into your home.Well, that’s very kind of you to say that. You got a strong grip.

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