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Willard Sawyer served as a bomber and gunner in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

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William White served with 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during the Korean War and participated in the Battle of Kap'yong (22-25 April 1951).

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William Parfitt served as an air gunner in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

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Wilson Christiansen served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Korean War

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Walter Loucks was part of the first all Canadian air crew to fly in a Canadian built Avro Lancaster bomber. He recounts when he was forced to bail out of his bomber over England during the Second World War.

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William Burrell served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

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Bill Agnew served during the Second World War. 

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Wilma Stanley served in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War.

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"It was all equal while we were in the army. The big mess up was on discharge."

Alex van Bibber served in the army during the Second World War.See below for Mr. van Bibber's entire testimony.

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Walter Blaszynski served with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second World War.

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William Hill served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. 

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William Philip Kennedy recounts his experience during the Second World War, including landing in Normandy on D-Day.

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Royal Canadian Naval officer William English served with the British Royal Navy during the Second World War.

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After being shot down on a bombing raid and interned as a Prisoner of War, William Mills began a letter exchange with a woman who would later become his wife.

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In his testimony for the Memory Project, William Lynch recounts his experience sailing around the world in the navy. 

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William Treasure joined the militia in 1935 and served in the army during the Second World War.

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William Jepps served aboard HMCS Glace Bay during the Second World War.

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During the Second World War, Wilmer Gagnon served in the Canadian Forestry Corps, helping to gather lumber for all types of important uses in the Allied war effort.

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