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Whenever I perspired, it was yellow.
Mr. Ford describes being gassed, its long-term effects, and his eventual recovery.
It’ll All Work Out In The End.
Mr. Clark describes his eventual selection for medical service aboard the hospital ship ‘Lady Nelson’.
You Had to Prove You’re one of Them.
Mr. Clark describes integrating into an established crew on the ‘Lady Nelson’, and describes the informality among the officers and crew.
He brought me down an old CNR bun.
Mr. Clark gives his impressions of his early life and labours aboard the ‘Lady Nelson’.
It made you realize how helpless someone could be.
Mr. Clark talks about looking after wartime amputees.
There’s an awful difference in your captains.
Mr. Clark compares the rough seas navigation style of the two captains who commanded the ‘Lady Nelson’.
They didn’t have penicillin at that time.
Mr. Clark compares wounds he saw to more severe ones earlier in the war. He describes nature’s antibiotic - maggots.
It was a good bunch of boys.
Mr. Clark discusses some good and bad aspects of life at sea.
There wasn’t a service person living on their street
Mr. Clark describes being in Halifax when the war ended, and gives some details of and insight into the subsequent Halifax riot.
Discovery Of Magnetron
Mr. Campbell describes his responsibilities as a radar mechanic with the Bomber Command and the equipment used during his service.
Tricking German Submarines
Mr. Campbell speaks about the effectiveness of radar in relation to transmitting signals from the aircraft detecting German submarines through frequency control.
The Importance Of Survival
Mr. Campbell describes his situation when caught in an air raid and describes the act for survival during this type of warfare
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