Recherche dans la collection - Part 9

CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE: DIRECTORATE OF HISTORY / MINISTERÈ DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE: DIRECTION HISTOIRE ET PATRIMOINE

1999-0066

Enregistrement sonore

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1993 ?

R.W. Becket (Recording)

Ninth in a series of recorded reminiscences by retired Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Wilson Becket, about his experiences in the Second World War. He talks about: fighting in France; a heated battle in the woods; falling asleep on the battlefield due to extreme fatigue; capturing his first and only German prisoner of war; setting up defence positions; befriending a German Shepherd dog he named Duchess; attempting to take Fort [Castillon]; the Germans using Red Cross ambulances to deliver food and supplies; having to wear the same clothing for two weeks; refusing to replace the Canadian buttons on his uniform with American buttons, for a formal event; and efforts to get the Germans to surrender Fort [Castillon].

English

restreint par créateur/donateur

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