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Rice, N. - 7th Battalion - Interview
Series title:Flanders Fields : [background interview]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1964-02-05Item number (ISN):116922Link to related resource:Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: FLANDERS FIELDSAccession:1980-0123Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1964-02-05Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:interviewer, Frank LalorDescription:Interview with N. [Nathan?] Rice about his experiences in World War I as a prisoner of war after his capture at the Second Battle of Ypres. He recalls his interrogation by an "old general and the transport by boxcar to various prison camps in Germany where the food consisted mostly of "potato soup" supplemented by Red Cross parcels.~By Armistice, Rice was awaiting court martial for escaping four times from the prison camps. He recounts in detail eleven days on the run, travelling mostly at night toward the Netherlands border before he was caught by guard dogs at the border. He was sentenced to bread and water and 16 weeks of hard labour breaking stone.Language:English -
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