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Description
Though he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and not always treated in the best of ways, Mr Ewing explains why he does not hold a grudge toward the people of Japan.
Transcription
Feelings Toward the Japanese People
Interviewer: Tell me, Mr. Ewing, given the experience that you've had, what's your feelings toward the Japanese people?
Well, as, as I've sort of indicated on, in, earlier, there, I recognize that there were some good Japanese, that they weren't all sadistic, they weren't all looking for ways to make our life miserable. So, I have nothing against the Japanese people as such. I have certainly against the ones who, who were, many, most of the ones who were in charge of us. I didn't have the worst camps that there were, I wasn't, I wasn't in the worst camps, so I didn't develop the, the feeling about the Japanese that many of our people have. Well, having done all, so many interviews, you, you realize that many are, the Japanese are anathema to, to them, they, but I can't, as I said, my son, for a little while, was, was going out with a Japanese girl, it didn't, it didn't bother me. And it wouldn't have bothered me if, if it had developed into something more, well into marriage.
Interviewer: Tell me, Mr. Ewing, given the experience that you've had, what's your feelings toward the Japanese people?
Well, as, as I've sort of indicated on, in, earlier, there, I recognize that there were some good Japanese, that they weren't all sadistic, they weren't all looking for ways to make our life miserable. So, I have nothing against the Japanese people as such. I have certainly against the ones who, who were, many, most of the ones who were in charge of us. I didn't have the worst camps that there were, I wasn't, I wasn't in the worst camps, so I didn't develop the, the feeling about the Japanese that many of our people have. Well, having done all, so many interviews, you, you realize that many are, the Japanese are anathema to, to them, they, but I can't, as I said, my son, for a little while, was, was going out with a Japanese girl, it didn't, it didn't bother me. And it wouldn't have bothered me if, if it had developed into something more, well into marriage.
Catégories
Feelings Towards the Japanese People
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Campagne
Hong Kong
Personne interviewée
Kenneth Alexander Ewing
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
Royal Rifles of Canada
Military Rank
Private
Occupation
Rifleman
Durée
01:48