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Memory Project Archive
Leo Pikulski (Primary Source)
TranscriptThen in 1942, the beginning, something like that, suddenly, I hear they’re calling me to school, policeman came to the house and he says, you’re going to join the Red Army. I just looked at him and hear another man talks Polish to me. He says, “No, we are organizing Polish army, but Russians, they would like you all Polish people to join, boys to join their army. You have choice.” Naturally, everybody join Polish...
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Memory Project Archive
Leon Dopke (Primary Source)
After the German army invaded Poland, Leon Dopke managed to escape to France. When the allies landed in Normandy in 1944, he joined the Canadians and was sent to Italy with the Canadian Polish Corps.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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Memory Project Archive
Leon Katz (Primary Source)
"By the time I arrived in Bad Oeynhausen these laws were already in place or being put in place and I was assigned to implement and control and manage several of these laws." See below for Mr. Katz'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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Memory Project Archive
Leonard Braithwaite (Primary Source)
"I started to go down to Bay and Wellington. That’s where the recruiting station was. The first time the guy, the recruiting officer, just said, "No, sorry, we don’t take you people."" See below for Mr. Braithwaite'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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Léonard “Pete” Gauthier (Primary Source)
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Memory Project Archive
Leonard “Scotty” Wells (Primary Source)
Mr. Leonard Wells enlisted in 1948 in the Royal Canadian Navy and served on the HMCS Cayuga, patrolling Korea's west coasts at the beginning of the Korean War. The excerpt below also includes the famous episode of “The Great Impostor” in which the American, Ferdinand Demara, was caught aboard the ship for posing as a doctor (Demara had stolen the identity of a real Canadian doctor, Joseph Cyr). That episode served as the basis for a film made in the 1960s featuring Tony Curtis.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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Leonard Wong (Primary Source)
Leonard Wong served with the Royal Canadian Signal Corps 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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Memory Project Archive
Leslie Kenneth Main (Primary Source)
In 2010, the Memory Project interviewed Leslie Kenneth Main, a veteran of the Second World War. The following recording (and transcript) is an excerpt from this interview. Main was born on 25 May 1925 in New Carlisle, Quebec; he enlisted in the Merchant Navy in 1941 at the age of 16 and served as a wheelsman. In this testimony, Main recalls his experience on merchant ships during the war (see Battle of the St. Lawrence and Battle of the Atlantic). After his service in the merchant navy, Main worked as a railroad engineer. 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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Memory Project Archive
Leslie Pike (Primary Source)
Leslie (Les) Pike served as a private in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) with 25 Field Ambulance. He arrived with the unit in Korea in May 1951 and returned with it to Canada in May 1952. He retired from the army as a Sergeant after 6 years’ service.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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Memory Project Archive
Lewis (Louis) Chow (Primary Source)
"If you’re caught as a spy, they don’t take prisoner of war, they would just shoot you. Or use just sword. It was a dangerous job when you’re a secret agent." Lewis Chow served during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Chow'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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Lionel Bourboing (Primary Source)
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Memory Project Archive
Lloyd George "Ike" Robertson (Primary Source)
"After the raid was over, we said, oh, don’t worry, they won’t be back again until tomorrow. [laughs] But that was the worst raid we had." See below for Mr. Robertson'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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Lloyd Gordon Queen (Primary Source)
Lloyd Queen served in the Canadian army 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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Memory Project Archive
Lloyd Hamilton (Primary Source)
"Boy, you learn all kinds of meals. I still have the cookbooks. I even remember in Korea I had to – the pages were coming apart. I had to take a slat of wood and took two nails and pound it, so it keep these pages together. But they learn all kinds of meals. I know the first thing you learn to cook is shortbread. It was fun" See below for Mr. Hamilton'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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Memory Project Archive
Louis Michael “Louie” Curran (Primary Source)
See below for Mr. Curran'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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