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Scant Rations and Hard Labour
Mr. Forsyth recalls the labour they were expected to perform while on meagre rations at Sham Shui Po POW camp, and the disease and ailments which resulted.
Surrender
Mr. Forsyth recalls stacking their rifles in surrender, and the fate of one soldier who didn’t fall in fast enough.
Under Attack
Mr. Forsyth remembers the time from which the Japanese overran the mainland colony and reached the island, until shortly before surrendering to the Japanese.
Outnumbered and Out Armed
Mr. Forsyth recalls the day Japan attacked Hong Kong: being vastly outnumbered and having faulty munitions.
One Volunteer Worth Twenty Conscripts
Mr. Forsyth recalls a Veteran who had been wounded at Vimy in the First World War, signing up for the Second World War and passing the registration medical at roughly the same time as himself.
Churchill Said we Should not Fight for Hong Kong
Mr. White reflects on the events that led to Canada’s involvement in Hong Kong, and the struggle by Veterans of that theatre of war to receive an adequate pension.
Is the War Over or Not?.
Mr. White describes events in Sham Shui Po that indicated that the war was ending.
Red Cross Parcels
Mr. White discusses how important the Red Cross supply packages were to the POW’s, and how everything in them was shared among the inmates.
The Cost of Information
Mr. White describes being in the Kai Tek airport work gangs, and the cost of the subversion which occurred there.
POW Diseases
Mr. White discusses the large variety of diseases experienced by inmates of the POW camps.
The Kamloops Kid
Mr. White describes a notorious and extremely abusive Japanese guard, aka the Kamloops Kid, a Japanese Canadian who returned home to help with Japan’s war effort.
Help From A Japanese Guard
Mr. White describes an amusing experience involving some local peddlers and a helpful Japanese guard.
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