Reunion With The Family

I was hospitalized in Hong Kong for about three weeks, and then, I was put on a, a hospital ship and went to a hospital again in Manila, where I was, stayed for roughly another two weeks until I was sent back from Manila to, back to, well we, it was on a, an American warship called the General Howes. I was sent back on that ship via California back to Vancouver. Back to Victoria, actually.

Interviewer: What do you remember about returning to Canada?

That I breathed a sigh of relief again.

Interviewer: How soon was it before you got back to Saskatchewan?

Um, well, as I recall it again correctly, I was back in Saskatchewan in something around about October of the, of 1945. Yeah, about October, 1945.

Interviewer: What was the reaction of your mother and father?

Oh boy! They were just so, well, they thought it was the most wonderful thing that had ever happened to them.

Interviewer: How did you feel about it?

I felt pretty much the same way.