Prisoner of the Japanese
Heroes Remember
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Prisoner of the Japanese
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Ms. Cook talks about her friend and the rough time she had when she was captured in Hong Kong.
Nora B. Cook
Nora Cook was born in Ops Township (outside of Lindsay), Ontario. She graduated from nursing school and went on to enroll in the army as a nurse who endured a very long trip to England. She talks about the training in England, and how rigorous it was; but also how happy the nurses were to have had it, as they wouldn't have been able to handle the working conditions in France if they had not been so well prepared.
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 01:22
- Person Interviewed:
- Nora B. Cook
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- France
- Branch:
- Army
- Occupation:
- Nursing Sister
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