Leaving the Port of Halifax
Heroes Remember - Gulf War
Leaving the Port of Halifax
Transcript
It was a very emotional time because,
as you know, we were told we didn’t know
how long we were going to go for.
We knew that it was a troubled spot
in the world and potential hostilities
would be occurring and that there’s
just so many unknowns.
So when we were getting our lives,
family and private affairs organized,
a lot of people said that we’d be back
before Christmas and that it would be over
and done with and might even be over before
we got there so there was lots of unknowns.
And so when we were saying our farewells
and not too many people talk about it but
when people get up in the morning and go to
work for the day and you hear about industrial
accidents and people not coming home
well this was sort of a situation where
we are saying our farewells
this time to our loved ones,
we were sort of saying farewell.
And it was sort of a very emotional time.
And then when we saw the shoreline
sort of packed with crowds of people
sending us off it was just amazing;
small boats and we couldn’t have asked
for better weather that day too so
it was a very emotional time.
Description
Mr. Bathurst recalls embarking from the port of Halifax and remembers the emotions felt by the sailors in seeing the support of all the people as they bid farewell.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- February 27, 2016
- Duration:
- 1:30
- Person Interviewed:
- David Bathurst
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Canadian Armed Forces
- Location/Theatre:
- Persian Gulf
- Battle/Campaign:
- Gulf War
- Branch:
- Navy
- Units/Ship:
- HMCS Terra Nova
- Rank:
- Lieutenant commander
- Date modified: