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Sam Ross served in the Second Canadian Infantry Division of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry during the Second World War.

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William (Bill) Vradenburg joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 just in time to finish the war doing convoy duty for nine months between St. Johns, NL and Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He trained aboard the HMCS Star and the HMCS Stadacona, and later served on the HMCS Capilano.

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Ron Davies served in the British Parachute Regiment during the Second World War.

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William Berrow served as a dispatch rider with the 69th Tank Transport Company during the Second World War.

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During the Second World War, Ron Beal and his regiment were taken as prisoners of war by the Germans after the Dieppe Raid in 1942.

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Winifred Field served in the British Auxiliary Territorial Service during the Second World War.

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William Ross served as a rifleman with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada during the Second World War.

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

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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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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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