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Description
Mr. Peterson recalls the night he was reunited with his twin brother during the Battle of Hong Kong.
Transcription
My twin brother was in "D" Company, and I was on more or less it was a road block that we were guarding and a ammunition and oil dump at Wan Chai Gap. And I was on guard duty this one day and, or one evening I guess it would be, I heard a, an awful rattling and noise coming down the road and my sentry called me out and I went out with the sentry and we yelled the usual, "Halt, who goes there!" etcetera and I find out that it's members of D Company who are coming, they'd been pushed out of Wong Nei Chong Gap. This was the night that our brigade, Brigadier was killed, our Brigade Major and also Captain Bowman. The five members who had broken out of Wong Nei Chong Gap, my brother was one of them, George Harrison was another, and I forget who the other three were. My brother was slightly wounded in, on the cheek from shrapnel but we had quite a reunion that night.
Catégories
Reunited
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Emplacement géographique
Asia
Campagne
Hong Kong
Personne interviewée
George N Peterson
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Military Rank
Lance-Corporal
Durée
01:47