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Edward Fey "Ed" Lee joined the Canadian Armed Forces as a volunteer for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) overseas program. He served from 1944 to 1946. Being a Canadian of Chinese origin, Lee was called to duty as a secret agent in Asia under the command of the British Army. Listen to his tales of guerrilla warfare deep in Japanese-occupied territory.

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"“Your blood, our freedom.” That’s how they think of the Canadians."

Frank Bing Wong served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Wong's entire testimony.

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"“Why should you go when you’re not even a Canadian?” So we all decided in our town hall meetings that the best way to do is to go and sign up and go and come back and lobby for the franchise. This is exactly what we did."

Victor Eric Wong served in the Canadian Army and the British Army's Force 136 during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Wong's entire testimony.

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"So he said, “Geez, I noticed you’re a Canadian.” I said, “Yes.” He said, “How do you like the American ships?” I said, “Gee, they’re like castles compared to the Canadian.”"

Andrew Kurn “Andy” Wong served with the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Wong's entire testimony.

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"I think the young people should understand what our generation went through to give them their rights today. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Chinese, Japanese, Irish, they all went through discrimination here in Canada in those days."

Peggy Lee served with the St. John’s Ambulance Corps during the Second World War. See below for Ms. Lee's entire testimony.

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Paul Lup Chan served during the Second World War.

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"I felt the knees of the guy behind me knocking against my legs. So we were very, we laugh about it, but we were also very scared."

Marshall Chow served with the Canadian Army during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Chow's entire testimony.

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Bing Chew Wong served during the Second World War.

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Albert George Alfred Mahon served in the army during the Second World War. Read and listen to Albert Mahon’s testimony below.

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"A lot of us, it was getting out of doing housework for $5 a month. That was the truth. That’s what we did. We worked for $5 a month and got Wednesday afternoon off"

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See below for Ms. Ferguson's entire testimony.

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