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I Don’t Remember Getting Anything to Eat

Mr. Agerbak describes being shipped to Japan to the labour camps, and compares the coping skills of soldiers from urban and rural backgrounds.

There Was No Way You Could Keep Morale Up

Mr. Agerbak describes the fact that NCO’s were responsible for their men in camp, and were often punished if their men couldn’t be accounted for.

My Mouth was Just Raw

Mr. Agerbak describes in graphic detail some of the illnesses and treatments he endured in the POW camps.

He Was So Badly Wounded, the Japanese Just Bayoneted Him.

Mr. Agerbak describes surrendering and Japanese extermination of the wounded who couldn’t make the forced march to Sham Shui Po. He describes his badly wounded brother dying in this way.

Japanese Ambushes

Mr. Agerbak describes the impact of Japanese ambushes on the Canadians’ ability to remain a cohesive fighting unit.

We had Nothing, Absolutely Nothing.

Mr. Agerbak describes falling back to Hong Kong island when the Japanese attacked, and the garrison’s totally inadequate defenses and weapons.

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