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Going to Vancouver and the HMAS Awatea
Mr. Whitman discusses boarding his train to leave for Vancouver and being denied visitors. After soldiers threaten to not go, their families are allowed to say goodbye. He arrives aboard HMAS Awatea just in time for another protest.
Fellowship of War Prisoners
Mr Lynch talks about prisoners of war.
Final Thought
Mr Lynch talks about how he feels now many years after the war.
Homecoming
Mr Lynch finally arrives in Canada on November 23, 1945.
Treated Like Kings by the Americans
Mr Lynch finally makes his way to an American ship to start his journey home with a few pit stops.
Big Boom Coming
Mr Lynch talks about the buzz leading up to the ninth of August 1945, and how the events unfolded.
Labor in Japan
Mr Lynch talks about the trip to Japan in the hold of a coal barge and some of the jobs that he and his soldiers performed while in captivity.
Sickness And Death
Mr Lynch tells of the death toll and the sickness such as dysentery and malaria.that inflicted the soldiers.
G-String
Mr Lynch talks about the clothes they wore while they were under capture in Hong Kong.
Captured
Mr Lynch tells about waiting to be taken prisoner and being mistaken for British.
Word Of Surrender
Mr Lynch tells about the day he got word of the pending surrender and how he felt about it.
Arriving in Hong Kong
Mr Lynch talks about arriving in Hong Kong and where he was located after the Japanese attacked.
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