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Description
Mr. Golden discusses how addictive cigarettes eventually became to the prisoners, to the extent that even the malnourished and seriously ill would trade food for smokes.
Transcription
There were certainly cigarettes that got through in bulk and all mildewed by the time they were distributed and some parcels and some, and we discovered how addictive tobacco is. Those of us who served in the army, in Prisoner of War camps. We don’t have to be told by scientists or doctors, we know about how addictive cigarettes are. We had starving people who were suffering from serious deficiencies, beri beri, electric feet, pellagra, sores that wouldn’t heal, ulcers that would go on and on and on, who would trade their food for cigarettes.
Catégories
Cigarette Addiction
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Emplacement géographique
Hong Kong
Campagne
Hong Kong
Personne interviewée
David Golden
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Military Rank
Lieutenant
Occupation
Intelligence officer
Date d’enregistrement
Durée
1:14