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Description
Mr. Fitzmaurice had a good luck charm with him during the war. He tells us what it was and how he felt it got him home safely.
Transcription
Interviewer: I got the sense in that last sentence that perhaps you had some sort of a good luck superstition or ritual that you did if you, like, buy, I shouldn't say buy one, you'd want to buy one. Was there a ritual that you would performed? Tell me?
There was with me.
Interviewer: Ok, what was that?
I embrace Catholicism. My mother gave me a crucifix and she said, "You keep that with you and you'll be safe." I kept that with me, and I remember, and I checked, that was the first thing I did when I got on the air craft, make sure I had that. That was my good luck charm. I don't know whether the other guys did, I'm sure they did. I didn't have it this day and I thought, "I've left that on my table." I told the, the captain, I said "I got to go. I got to go back, left some notes, left some books, got to go back to my, to the...", he was madder than a son of a bitch but I went, because I felt that, that's my good luck charm. That's going to get me home. And, and it did, well I don't know whether it did, or not, but upstairs, it sure as hell helped and I don't know whether others did because they didn't relate that, any of that to me.
There was with me.
Interviewer: Ok, what was that?
I embrace Catholicism. My mother gave me a crucifix and she said, "You keep that with you and you'll be safe." I kept that with me, and I remember, and I checked, that was the first thing I did when I got on the air craft, make sure I had that. That was my good luck charm. I don't know whether the other guys did, I'm sure they did. I didn't have it this day and I thought, "I've left that on my table." I told the, the captain, I said "I got to go. I got to go back, left some notes, left some books, got to go back to my, to the...", he was madder than a son of a bitch but I went, because I felt that, that's my good luck charm. That's going to get me home. And, and it did, well I don't know whether it did, or not, but upstairs, it sure as hell helped and I don't know whether others did because they didn't relate that, any of that to me.
Catégories
Good Luck Charm
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Emplacement géographique
Southeast Asia
Campagne
Burma
Personne interviewée
Anthony Fitzmaurice
Branche
Air Force
Unité ou navire
357 Squadron
Occupation
Wireless Navigator
Durée
01:35