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Albert Edward "Big Al" Revie served in the navy during the Second World War. Read and listen to Albert Revie’s testimony below.

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Alan Sutherland served as a signalman in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Read and listen to Alan Sutherland’s testimony below.

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Albert McGrath was part of His Majesty's Rescue Tug Service in the Second World War. Read and listen to Albert McGrath’s testimony below.

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Albert Billy "Alphabetical" Smith served as a DEMS gunner in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Read and listen to Albert Smith’s testimony below.

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Una May Miklos served with the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. She was stationed at the HMCS Shelburne in Nova Scotia.

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Vivia Stewart served in Scotland with the British Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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Alex Polowin was a Lithuanian-Jewish Canadian who served in the Royal Canadian Navy on HMCS Huron, a Tribal class destroyer. Polowin escorted convoys to Murmasnk to supply the Soviets, hunted down the battleship Scharnhorst, and supported the amphibious invasion of Normandy in 1944. Listen to Polowin describe his motivations for enlisting in the Navy and the operations in which he took part.

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Ruth St. Clair (née Jarvis) served as a WREN in the British Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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 Ruth Werbin was a WREN, serving in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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Ruth McMillan served in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during the Second World War. 

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William Parker served as an assistant cook in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.

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