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Description
Mr. Whitman describes not being able to keep up on the march to Fort Stanley, due to malaria induced fatigue. He describes being shot at, but not caring because he is so ill.
Transcription
And I got ready and left Stanley Village and went to Stanley Fort. I don’ t know, there’d be maybe a hundred and fifty men in the line and I was about center when we started out. I had malaria by this time. I got there about a half an hour after the last one. I could only go so far and stop and rest. I had to cross a ridge and they had a machine gun firing on the ridge. I had a few bullets go but it didn’t hit me. I was too damn sick to give a damn if they did.
Catégories
March to Fort Stanley
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Campagne
Hong Kong
Personne interviewée
Allan Whitman
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Occupation
Infantry
Durée
1:06