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Record information – Brief Part 11
Series title:The Stars and Jack : A Personal Narrative by R.W. BecketHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1993 ?Item number (ISN):306340Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE: DIRECTORATE OF HISTORY / MINISTERÈ DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE: DIRECTION HISTOIRE ET PATRIMOINEAccession:1999-0066Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1993 ?Production company:R.W. Becket (Recording)Description:Eleventh and final recording in a series of recorded reminiscences by retired Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Wilson Becket about his military experience in the Second World War. He talks about: German V2 rockets launched from railroad tracks; flying to England in a two-seater plane; being assigned to train a parachute battalion; the death of his friend Jack when his parachute landed on a tree directly above a German machine gun; the end of the European war on 8 May 1945; jubilant soldiers overturning his car; being in a bar where the owner decided to celebrate the end of the war by sharing a vintage 1912 bottle of Scotch with him; Becket's organizing a parachute drop as part of a VE day celebration; and his return to Canada.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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