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Wounded: A Narrow Escape

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Wounded: A Narrow Escape

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Where I was wounded, and my buddy Peachy, Jerry Peachy, we were in a pup tent, and it was wet, raining like hell. You couldn’t dig a hole in the ground, you couldn’t dig in. Evidently a shell landed, killed him and blew me about 20 feet. I was lucky that it was soft. Anyway, they picked me up took me down to the local, the first aid centre. I was there, they tell me about three or four days, and (inaudible) doesn’t have anything broken. I was very fortunate. My shoulder was sore. I tried to work that on an angle with the VA but they didn’t buy it. Anyway I still get that damn sore shoulder every periodically. Anyway, I was lucky it’s one of those things that happen. Jimmy (inaudible) he says, “How the hell,” he was driving Tim, he says, “How the hell you got out of that I don’t know.” He was Ted Knell’s driver. I said, “Well it was that day, you know. If you’re number’s on it, it’s on it, if it’s not, it’s not.”
Description

Mr. Stanway recalls being wounded by shellfire just outside of Ortona, Italy.

Frank Stanway

Mr. Stanway was born in Britain, and relocated to Montreal, Quebec with his family at a young age. Mr. Stanway joined the Non Permanent Active Militia (NPAM) along with friends, 8 months after Canada declared war. Shortly after basic training finished, their unit went active, so they joined the active forces in August 1940. Mr. Stanway shipped out to Scotland in 1941 and was transferred to Italy, along with the rest of the 5th Battery, in May 1943. They remained stationed there until a few months before the end of the war (February 1945) and returned home shortly after the war ended.

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Medium:
Video
Owner:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:
01:25
Person Interviewed:
Frank Stanway
War, Conflict or Mission:
Second World War
Location/Theatre:
Europe
Battle/Campaign:
Italian
Branch:
Army
Units/Ship:
NPAM / 5th Battery / Artillery
Occupation:
Mechanic

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