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Every Place He Stepped, I Stepped
Mr. Tomlin describes the capture of 'Little Tobruk,' a German gun position in the Scheldt
She Did Not Like Canadians
Mr. Tomlin gives a glimpse of the efficiency and personalities in a wartime hospital setting.
Bad Ankles
Mr. Tomlin discusses his enlistment and a reprieve on the parade square.
Too Light
Mr. Knox describes how he was 15 pounds under weight when he first tried to enlist.
Tonsillitis
Mr. Knox tells us about having his tonsils removed without anaesthetic.
Memories of Home
Mr. Knox recalls an experience near the end of the War.
Fighting Against Their Own Country
Mr. Knox explains why a lot of the people they took as prisoners were Dutch.
Cotton Baton
Mr. Knox speaks of how they would put cotton baton in their ears to protect themselves from the noise of the guns.
Almost Human
Mr. Knox talks about Dunkirk and how the Germans were “almost human.”
Service on a old US commissioned Destroyer
Mr. Wight talks about transferring from his first corvette, to an old US First World War four-stacker destroyer that was given to the British Navy from the Americans.
His first ship
Mr. Wight talks about his first assignment to a ship in the British navy. He talks about how a sailor finds his new ship and the protocol to board the ship.
The trip overseas
The journey across the Atlantic took Mr. Wight nine days. He sailed aboard the troop ship Lady Rodney. It took less than 24 hours for Mr. Wight to realize what he had gotten himself in for, as he was exposed to his first air raid.
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