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  • Memory Project Archive

    Jacques Cinq-Mars (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/mpsb/Jacques-Cinq-Mars/3343_original.jpg Jacques Cinq-Mars (Primary Source)
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    James Annett (Primary Source)

    James Annett served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. See his full testimony below.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/mpsb/vimy/JamesAnnett/4600_resize.jpg James Annett (Primary Source)
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    James Arthur “Mike” Forester (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/mpsb/James-Arthur-Mike-Forester/2824_original.jpg James Arthur “Mike” Forester (Primary Source)
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    James Eagle (Primary Source)

    "The next thing I know I hear a creaking noise – “Hey, we’re moving here you know?” So I go up on deck, hurrying up. I looked where we were coming from. There’s a little dark spot over there, which is Seattle. There’s water all around me. I said, “What the hell did you get yourself into now?”" See below for Mr. Eagle's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JamesEagle/14305_original.jpg James Eagle (Primary Source)
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    James Eddy (Primary Source)

    "They went very well, until we got shot down on January the 15th, I think it was. Our target was Merseburg." See below for Mr. Eddy's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JamesEddy/7784_original.jpg James Eddy (Primary Source)
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    James “Jim” Mahar (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/mpsb/James-Mahar/3353_original.jpg James “Jim” Mahar (Primary Source)
  • Memory Project Archive

    James Lafrenière (Primary Source)

    "Your accommodation was what you could find. You sleep in the back of a truck, you sleep under a truck, you sleep in a truck you sleep in a hole in the ground, you sleep in an old house, wherever you could find a place to lay down." See below for Mr. Lafrenière's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JamesLafreniere/13497_538.jpg James Lafrenière (Primary Source)
  • Memory Project Archive

    Jean-Louis Blais (Primary Source)

    "Panmunjom remains and it’s the same contract. Go sign a contract every three or six months, make an agreement that will ensure the peace." See below for Mr. Blais' entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JeanLouisBlais/9486_538.jpg Jean-Louis Blais (Primary Source)
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    Jeanne Bouchard (Primary Source)

    "I found a family in the army, which continues still. Family, my family is the army. It is the CWAC." Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JeanneBouchard/5074_538.jpg Jeanne Bouchard (Primary Source)
  • Memory Project Archive

    Joan Mary Rogers (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JoanMaryRogers/3882_original.jpg Joan Mary Rogers (Primary Source)
  • Memory Project Archive

    John Baptist James “John the B” Marchand (Primary Source)

    John “the B” Marchand from Okanagan Reserve #1 was a Bren gunner during the Second World War. He served in the infantry from 1943 to 1945. Learn more about Marchand’s time in the trenches during the Italian Campaign. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/Marchand_Gunner_Tweet.jpg John Baptist James “John the B” Marchand (Primary Source)
  • Memory Project Archive

    John Covan (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JohnCovan/1103_original.jpg John Covan (Primary Source)
  • Memory Project Archive

    John J. Doyle

    John Doyle served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/5743_600.jpg John J. Doyle
  • Memory Project Archive

    John Mackelvie (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/mpsb/John-Mackelvie/2574_original.jpg John Mackelvie (Primary Source)
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    John Mardling (Primary Source)

    John Mardling served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/8253_600.jpg John Mardling (Primary Source)